Equatorial Guinea News

“Most of the people over there don't even realize that that species is only found in their area”

Two Franklin Park Zoo workers are to travel to Nigeria Tuesday to assist an organization that rescues rare monkeys and hopes to release them back into the wild. via Boston.com

" The List ," a regular feature of Foreign Policy 's excellent web site, this month includes six world leaders--five presidents and a prime minister--who have, on average, been in office over thirty years. via Swords Into Plowshares

“We have been seeking ways to gain flexibility in our LNG supply as there is a growing need to divert cargoes”

The 50:50 joint venture between trading houses Sojitz and Sumitomo is looking at an additional 1 million mt/year of LNG at a receiving terminal in the Gulf of Mexico under a terminal-use agreement, a senior ... via Platts

Once in a while this column agrees with President Museveni, especially in an era when there is not a whole lot to agree on. via AllAfrica.com

Dublin - Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Equatorial Guinea Oil and Gas Asset Report" to their offering Equatorial Guinea Oil and Gas Assets Report Introduction Equatorial Guinea Oil and Gas ... via M2.com

“We need to recognise it is not easy what Pakistan is trying to do here in assisting us in the fight against the terrorism in the region”

The new lobbyist for Pakistan is a firm called Cassidy and Associates, and the person who would be carrying Pakistan's flag will be former assistant secretary of state for South Asia, Robin Raphael. via Gulf Times

“The situation is worst in Asia, where tropical forest destruction and the hunting and trading of monkeys puts many species at terrible risk. Even newly discovered species are severely threatened from loss of habitat and could soon disappear.”

Mankind's closest living relatives - the world's apes, monkeys, lemurs and other primates - are under unprecedented threat from destruction of tropical forests, illegal wildlife trade and commercial bushmeat ... via EurekAlert!

Later, I spent several years touring the world, often in places where atrocity had recently been, or still was being, committed. via The View From North Central Idaho

One of the main stories in this issue of East African Business Week is Tanzania's continued good performance in attracting Foreign Direct Investment courtesy of its booming mining sector. via AllAfrica.com

A chronology of key events : 1471 - Portuguese navigator Fernao do Po sights the island of Fernando Poo, which is now called Bioko. via BBC

“It is not done to criticise the president, his family or his clan and the state media takes good care not to.”

Since independence in 1968, Equatorial Guinea has been ruled by two men - from the same family - who have been described by a variety of human rights organisations as among the worst abusers of human rights in ... via BBC

SUBJECT: Presidential Determination with Respect to Foreign Governments' Efforts Regarding Trafficking in Persons Consistent with section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 , as amended, , I ... via The White House

“Queen Of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution, by Caroline Weber (Picador). Marie Antoinette may have been the first celebrity to imagine that by controlling her image she could shape her fate. "The Light Of Evening”

"What is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng," by Dave Eggers . Valentino Achak Deng was one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, among the tens of thousands of children who were displaced by the civil ... via News Observer

“We are particularly disturbed by the situation in Burma (164th)”

"There is nothing surprising about this," Reporters Without Borders said. "Even if we are not aware of all the press freedom violations in North Korea and Turkmenistan, which are second and third from last, ... via AllAfrica.com

“African oil is sweet compared to the heavier varieties of Middle Eastern origin, which makes refining much easier and cheaper. This makes the region all the more attractive”

Keen to increase its fossil fuel supplies from Africa, India is organising a hydrocarbon conference that would be attended by oil ministers from 15 African countries. via Hindustan Times

The best thing about this stylish, mocking dramatization of the real-life attempted coup of Equatorial Guinea just before the African country's election in 2004 is its depiction of the toffee-nosed old boys - ... via Globe and Mail

The end of Ramadan: Eid'l Fitr TODAY marks the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting among Muslims. via Manila Bulletin

Researchers in six African countries can now better protect their rights and benefit from the commercialisation of their research as a result of a project to improve their countries' capacity to address ... via Corporate Social Responsibility News