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Armed Forces of Liberia Patrols Liberia's Borders - Joins Forces With Neighboring Countries to Ensure Border Safety

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Armed Forces of Liberia is continuing its patrol along the Liberian borders with Guinea, Ivory Coast, and Sierra Leone as part of its statutory mandate in protecting the territorial limit of the country. (AllAfrica)


Africa's Road to Recovery in 2021 Is a Fresh Start

[Chatham House] The continent now has a chance to reshape its relations with the global economy to create greater pan-African prosperity and resilience for future generations. (AllAfrica)


Equatorial Guinea Prime Minister Officially Opens UNFPA West and Central Africa Regional Planning Meeting

[UNFPA in WCA] Malabo, Equatorial Guinea - 25th February, 2020:  The Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea, Francisco Pascual Obama Asue, officially opened the 2020 West and Central Africa Regional Planning Meeting (RPM) of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) that took place today, 25th February 2020 at the Anda China Hotel, Malabo. (AllAfrica)


UNFPA West and Central Africa Regional Planning Meeting to hold in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

[UNFPA in WCA] To focus on Nairobi summit on ICPD25 commitments in the region (AllAfrica)


Former Chief Justice Pleads For International Help

[VOA] A former chief justice in the central African nation of Equatorial Guinea has gone into hiding and is appealing to the U.S. and the United Nations for help as security forces hunt for him on the orders of the country's longtime ruler, Teodoro Nguema Obiang. (AllAfrica)


Equatorial Guinea: Promoting Inclusive Growth, Improving Governance and Transparency

[IMF]  In an interview, Lisandro Abrego, the IMF's mission chief for Equatorial Guinea, discusses some details of the program. (AllAfrica)


The Victims of Corruption Deserve Justice

[HRW] After a Parisian court convicted the vice president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodorin Nguema Obiang, of laundering more than ?150 million in France two years ago and authorities seized those assets, the French government faced a decision: what should it do with them? That question remains unanswered even as the Nguema's appeal trial against his conviction ended on Tuesday this week. (AllAfrica)


Gambia Hosts 5th Malabo, Montpellier Forum

[Foroyaa] The Gambia, through the Ministry of Agriculture on Tuesday December 17th 2019, hosted the 5th Malabo/Montpellier Forum under the theme: "Energized policy innovations to power the transformation of Africa's agriculture and food system." (AllAfrica)


Dirco 'In Talks' With Equatorial Guinea After South African Possibly Kidnapped

[News24Wire] The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) has confirmed an incident in which a South African sailor may have been kidnapped off the coast of Equatorial Guinea. (AllAfrica)


Equatorial Guinea Open Capital-Intensive Projects for Investment in 2020

[The Exchange] Equatorial Guinea capital intensive projects open for investment in 2020 said Gabriel Obiang, minister for mines and hydrocarbons. (AllAfrica)


Equatorial Guinea President in Uganda to Discuss Refugees

[Monitor] Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema will arrive in the country today to discuss with his Ugandan counterpart, Mr Museveni, the high number of refugees in Uganda. (AllAfrica)


Host of Exiled Gambian Dictator Accused of Looting

[The Point] Teodorin Nguema Obiang, the son of Equatorial Guinea's President, Obiang Nguema Mbasogo,the latter Yahya Jammeh's host, has been accused of "shamelessly looting his government and shook down businesses in his country to support his lavish lifestyle." (AllAfrica)


João Lourenço Receives Message From Equatorial Guinea Counterpart

[ANGOP] Luanda -The Angolan President, João Lourenço, received last Wednesday, in Luanda, a message from his Equatorial Guinea counterpart, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, which deals with the strengthening of friendship and cooperation relations between the two states. (AllAfrica)


Action Aid Challenges Ecowas Member States On Malabo Declaration

[Vanguard] The Action Aid Nigeria has called on ECOWAS member states to muster the political will in the implementation of Malabo Declaration in order to end hunger, and poverty in the ECOWAS region. (AllAfrica)


Buhari Departs for Equatorial Guinea for Gas Summit

[This Day] Abuja -President Muhammadu Buhari, will depart Abuja today, to participate in the 5th Gas Exporting Countries Forum, (GECF), Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. After the Summit, President Buhari will head for Daura, Katsina State on a five-day official visit. (AllAfrica)


Buhari Departs Abuja to Attend Gas Summit in Malabo

[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Friday to participate in the 5th Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. (AllAfrica)


Buhari Off to Equatorial Guinea for Gas Summit

[Premium Times] President Muhammadu Buhari will Friday travel to Equatorial Guinea for a gas summit, his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, has said. (AllAfrica)


IMF - Delay Vote On Equatorial Guinea Loan

[HRW] Washington -The International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s Executive Board should delay a planned December 2019 vote on a US$280 million loan agreement with Equatorial Guinea, eight human rights and good governance organizations and eight prominent experts said today in a letter to the IMF Executive Board. The program preceding the loan agreement and planned conditions for the loan are insufficient to address deep-rooted rights violations, corruption, and related impunity in Equatorial Guinea in line with IMF requirements. (AllAfrica)


Joint NGO Letter to IMF Executive Board - Delay Vote On Equatorial Guinean Loan

[HRW] IMF Executive Board (AllAfrica)


Govt Holds Journalists for 'Work They Shouldn't Have Done'

[VOA] Two journalists working for a private TV station in Equatorial Guinea are being held by police after they interviewed a suspended judge, sources told AFP on Wednesday. (AllAfrica)


Two Equatorial Guinean Journalists Held for the Past Eight Days

[RSF] Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the release of two Equatorial Guinean TV journalists who were arrested eight days ago in Bata - the country's largest city and commercial capital - shortly after interviewing a recently-fired judge. (AllAfrica)


What's Behind the Equatoguinean-Cameroonian Border Wall Plan?

[Deutsche Welle] It is not unusual for Equatorial Guinea to seal its border with Cameroon. But a plan to build a solid border wall has Cameroonians fuming and questions swirling over whether curbing illegal migration is the real motive. (AllAfrica)


Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea Presents Figured Copies of His Credentials

[ANGOP] Luanda -The Angolan diplomat, Antonio Manuel Luvualu de Carvalho, delivered on Monday the Figured Copies of his Letters of Credence to the minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Equatorial Guinea, Simeón Oyono Esono Angue. (AllAfrica)


Coup Trial Travesty of Justice

[HRW] An Equatorial Guinea court's conviction of 112 defendants on May 31, 2019, in a trial rife with due process violations, including confessions extracted through torture, represents a gross miscarriage of justice, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing a video about the trial. (AllAfrica)


The Anniversary That Shouldn't Be - 40 Years of President Obiang in Equatorial Guinea

[HRW] The past few years have been unsparing for African leaders who cling to power. In April, protesters in Sudan toppled President Omar al-Bashir's 30-year rule, just after protests in Algeria brought down Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who had been president for two decades. These two historic events are the latest in a groundswell of people rising up against entrenched leadership across the continent, from the Gambia to Angola, Zimbabwe, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. (AllAfrica)


Equatorial Guinea - President Nguema's 'Gruesome' 40 Years of Human Rights Abuses

[AI London] 'Muzzling of dissent has had a devastating and chilling effect' - Marta Colomer (AllAfrica)


The Anniversary that Shouldn't Be: 40 Years of President Obiang in Equatorial Guinea

[HRW] The past few years have been unsparing for African leaders who cling to power. In April, protesters in Sudan toppled President Omar al-Bashir's 30-year rule, just after protests in Algeria brought down Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who had been president for two decades. These two historic events are the latest in a groundswell of people rising up against entrenched leadership across the continent, from the Gambia to Angola, Zimbabwe, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. (AllAfrica)


Human Rights Committee Adopts Its Annual Report and Closes Its One-Hundred and Twenty-Sixth Session

[OHCHR] Adopts Concluding Observations on the Situation in the Netherlands, Tajikistan, Nigeria, Mauritania, Paraguay and Equatorial Guinea (AllAfrica)


Bility, Blapoh Named in Lone Star Squad for Equatorial Guinea Friendly

[NEWS] Liberian duo, Yaya Bility and Marvin Blapoh have been named in Coach Thomas Kojo 18 man squad that left Monrovia on Wednesday to honor an International friendly with Equatorial Guinean on July 21, 2019. (AllAfrica)


Local Lone Star Departs for Friendly With Equatorial Guinea

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -The Liberia Football Association has announced that a 27-man delegation will depart the country on Wednesday, July 17, to honor an international friendly with Equatorial Guinea. (AllAfrica)


Somalia Cuts Diplomatic Ties With Guinea Over Somaliland

[Shabelle] Somalia has announced the severing of diplomatic ties with West African country Guinea. The decision was announced in Mogadishu today after a cabinet meeting. (AllAfrica)