PostNews Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Francis Tim Mbom Equatorial Guinea joined Sao Tome and Principe on Sunday, July 20th as the first two teams to quit Limbe from the on-going under-17 UNIFFAC Tournament that kicked off on Tuesday, July 15, with Cameroon trashing Sao...
The Economist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Equatorial Guinea's government is reshuffled The appointment of the former finance minister to take charge of Equatorial Guinea's oil and gas sector is the most significant change in a cabinet reshuffle undertaken by the president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, following his dismissal of the previous government at the start of this month. The new mines, industry and energy minister, Marcelino Owono...
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Accra, Ghana - Gabon and Equatorial Guinea said on Tuesday that they had made substantial progress towards referring their border dispute to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the main judicial organ of the United Nations.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Madrid - Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on Wednesday denied press reports that Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang had cancelled a visit to Spain because King Juan Carlos and Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero declin...
hsuperpolitical (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Click on image for a full-sized, readable view. Via Open Left . You can imagine the rough trend line in there, with the countries above the trend line doing well for their wealth, and the countries below not as well. But generally speaking, with the exceptions of Cuba and Equatorial Guinea, there is a strong and statistically significant correlation between a country's health and wealth. You can also...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
A new wildlife research station in Equatorial Guinea's Bioko Island should be a boon for conservation and educational opportunities, its U.S. founder says.
Stevie Wonder's Personal Blog (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
GABON AND EQUATORIAL GUINEA REPORT PROGRESS IN UN-LED EFFORTS TO END BORDER ROW New York, Jul 22 2008 2:00PM Gabon and Equatorial Guinea said today that they have made substantial progress towards referring their border dispute to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the main judicial organ of the United Nations. In a joint statement issued after two days of meetings at the UN Office in Geneva...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Madrid - Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang has cancelled a visit to Spain after King Juan Carlos and Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero declined to meet with him, the daily El Pais reported Tuesday. The president of the tiny oil-ri...
The Audacious Epigone (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Other than being located on the continent of Africa, what do Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique,...
3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Joel Sartore in National Geographic: My destination is the city of Malabo on Bioko Island. On a world map it's a speck of land off the west coast of Africa, part of Equatorial Guinea. Malabo's been called the Auschwitz of...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Kate Cronin-Furman of the blog Wronging Rights, comments on Equatorial Guinea's last week sentencing to 34 years in jail of Simon Mann for his role “in the World's Most Ill-Conceived Coup Attempt on Record. He, along with roughly 70 other foreign nationals, had been arrested in the Harare (Zimbabwe) airport on March 7, 2004 and [...]
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Mary Jacoby reports on political fund-raising. Charlie Black, a senior adviser to Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign, has drawn a lot of attention for his past lobbying for foreign governments with records of human rights abuses. Earlier this year, he severed all lobbying ties. But it turns out that one of his former firm's controversial clients [...]
OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, July 15 (UPI) — The U.S. Coast Guard recently conducted counter-terrorism exercises with Equatorial Guinea’s navy in support of a collaborative training initiative.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
The resolution 57/08, which approved the cooperation accord between Angola and Equatorial Guinea in the petroleum fields is in force since last July 01, informs a communiqué published in the State Gazette, number 120, 1st Series, ANGOP learnt this Sunday.
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Madrid - Equatorial Guinea's only opposition legislator said in an interview published on Friday the situation in his country is worse than in Zimbabwe, but Western nations turn a blind eye because of its oil reserves. "The situation is worse than in Zimbabwe," Placido Mico Abogo said of the west African country, ruled with an iron fist by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema." The opposition has no political...
