Equatorial Guinea News

Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy is selling its oil and natural gas business in the African nation of Equatorial Guinea for 2.2 billion dollars. via KTUL

“With aggregate pre-tax proceeds of the announced transactions surpassing $3 billion, the divestiture results have exceeded our expectations.”

OKLAHOMA CITY, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Devon Energy Corporation announced today that it has agreed to sell its oil and gas business in the African nation of Equatorial Guinea for $2.2 billion. via Earth Times

Business Reporter HOTEL and Leisure group Zimsun is currently constructing a hospitality training academy in Equatorial Guinea, chief executive Mr Shingi Munyeza has said. via The Herald

A COPY of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, signed by author JK Rowling, will be among the items going under the hammer at a charity auction tomorrow. via Scotsman.com News

“If there was really anything to this, he [Sir Mark] would have knocked on our door and asked for help”

Posted on 04/03/2008 12:35:26 PM PDT by HAL9000 Local law enforcement sources were sceptical, yet cautious yesterday about a report alleging a Russian mafia plot to kidnap Sir Mark Thatcher, the son of former ... via Free Republic

Mark Thatcher, son of former British prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, speaks to journalists after his final appearance at Wynberg Magistrate's Court, in Cape Town, Feb. via Xinhuanet

“He has testified that Thatcher knew all about the operation”

MALABO * A British mercenary awaiting trial in Equatorial Guinea for leading a failed 2004 coup has said the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was involved in the plot, the public ... via The Peninsula

Two Chinese nationals were killed and four were injured in a face-off pitting striking Chinese workers against police in Equatorial Guinea, according to a message posted last Friday on the Foreign Ministry's ... via People's Daily Online

“As far as I'm concerned the issue has already been dealt with”

MARK Thatcher, the son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, has married again in a secret ceremony in Gibraltar, according to a London Sunday newspaper. via News.com.au

“There is no date fixed but, as we have already said, we want (the trial) to take place quickly”

Libreville - Simon Mann, the suspected British mastermind of a failed 2004 coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea, has yet to have any date set for his trial, the country's defence minister told reporters on Monday. via Daily News

“Vessels will be boarded offshore and examined to determine if they took the required measures while in the ports that were found to not be maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures”

The Coast Guard is placing extra security restrictions on commercial ships that make a port call in Iran before arriving in U.S. waters Iran was placed on the port security advisory list this week and joins ... via Washington Times

President Hu Jintao has appointed six new ambassadors of the People's Republic of China in accordance with the decisions adopted by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top ... via Xinhuanet

“Our plan is to go to market quickly and to offer a wide range of services to the consumer”

Saudi telecoms investor HITS Africa is set to become Equatorial Guinea's second national telecoms operator , after being selected to establish a converged fixed, mobile and data network across the country by ... via TeleGeography CommsUpdate

Angola is the second African country that exported the most to Canada, during the year 2007, obtaining a profit estimated at 1.196 billion Canadian dollar. via AllAfrica.com

“They've still got the work to do that they went out there for and they're not due back until the end of March”

Around 15 oil and gas workers - including up to 10 Britons - have been freed after being taken captive on a vessel off Africa. via Falkirk Herald

“We will be trying to obtain the full footage which we believe could be very helpful to our investigation.”

Scotland Yard is to revive its investigation into the failed "Dogs of War" coup to overthrow an African dictator by turning its attention to Ely Calil, the multi-millionaire London-based businessman. via Telegraph.co.uk

“I did wonder about the injunction and I ran through what I said [in the interview] but I couldn't think of anything that I'd said that I didn't want to come out”

London, 'Naughty boy' Thatcher wanted to run Equatorial Guinea like his mother ran Docklands, says Dog of War Simon Mann IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, DOG OF WAR SIMON MANN REVEALS HOW: He did not know about his ... via This Is London

“Our citizens have experienced a fast-growing quality of life improvement over the past years”

Equatorial Guinea's Government reduces digital divide selecting Alcatel-Lucent for new domestic submarine cable network linking Bata and Malabo Paris - Alcatel-Lucent has signed a turnkey contract with the ... via Monitor Today

“It was a fuck-up and I have to carry the can for that. Now I blame myself most for simply not saying 'cut' two months before we were arrested. That's what I should have done and there, you know, I was bloody stupid. Mea culpa”

LONDON * A British mercenary admitted in an interview broadcast yesterday he plotted to oust Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in 2004 but the "swashbuckling" scheme failed. via The Peninsula

Spain's Supreme Court has ruled that an Equatorial Guinean opposition leader can remain in the country as a political refugee. via Voice of America