Equatorial Guinea News

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.

Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 8:11 am Press Release: United Nations Gabon and Equatorial Guinea report progress in UN-led efforts to end border row 22 July 2008 - Gabon and Equatorial Guinea said today that they ...

By Tume Ahemba Reuters Sunday, July 20, 2008; 8:39 PM LAGOS - With oil prices at record highs, government coffers in the world's eighth biggest oil exporter are swollen to unprecedented levels.

By Quentin Wray Ronnie Mamoepa, the spin doctor for the department of foreign affairs, last week crowed that the sentencing of mercenary Simon Mann to 34 years in jail for his role in a 2004 attempted coup in ...

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Merafe Resources' first-half headline earnings per share would jump by as much as 500 percent, the ferrochrome producer forecast on Friday, sending its shares soaring 9 percent.

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas concluded a three-day visit to the West African nation of Equatorial Guinea July 11 with an at-sea exercise involving five Equatorial Guinean naval vessels.

Liquefied natural gas ventures led by Royal Dutch Shell Plc , Chevron Corp. and others are delaying decisions on investments, potentially meaning no new projects may be approved this year, Wood Mackenzie ...

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.

Mercenaries, blood diamonds, coups and suppression: for the shadowy British minerals and mercenaries boss to whom the Maltese government has entrusted its oil exploration, this is just part of Tony Buckingham's ...

The defense lawyer for a group of Equatorial Guineans who stood trial with British mercenary Simon Mann over a failed coup has expressed doubts about the process and outcome of the trial.

Another round in the circular argument: It is also unhelpful that Zimbabwe has been singled out for condemnation while a blind eye is turned to other undemocratic states such as Angola, Nigeria, Gabon, ...

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 ...

SIR Mark Thatcher fears he is the target of an international snatch squad with orders to extradite him to Equatorial Guinea at any cost.

Gaz de France has agreed to take a 30% stake in Singapore's first LNG import terminal and will jointly build and operate the facility with PowerGas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Power, the French ...

South Africa have climbed one place in the latest Fifa world rankings, despite the abysmal start to their 2010 African Nations Cup qualifying campaign.

Friday, 27 June 2008, 1:29 pm Column: Tortilla con Sal Waiting for Godot in Equatorial Guinea ... the rest of the world waits too by Agustín Velloso , Rebelión, 25-06-2008 1. Teodoro Obiang .

A pop quiz: Who is the worst dictator in Africa? a) Robert Mugabe b) Robert Mugabe c) Robert Mugabe d) None of the above The answer seems obvious.

It is listed in one of the world's top ten most notorious jails. Just the name Black Beach sends shivers down the spine of any convicted felon.

The initial enthusiasm at the creation of CEMAC in 1994, offered a big new window of hope for the 35 million inhabitants of this sub region whose feelings had been badly bruised and inflamed by the economic ...