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Milagrosa Ada Micha: The woman who revolutionized the media in Equatorial Guinea
NewsDay Zimbabwe
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Micha this year celebrates a decade of transformation, energy, resolve, determination and vigour to push the narrative associated with Equatorial Guinea. HARARE –All across Africa it is a general understand among scholar, academics and the media...
African Civil Society Unites in Malabo to Advance Reparations Agenda
News Ghana
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July 11, 2025
The African Union’s Civil Society Forum and Interregional Dialogue opened at Malabo’s Sipopo International Conference Centre, placing reparations for historical injustices at the forefront of continental discourse. Running from July 7 alongside...
The Doctrine of Intertemporal Law and the Challenge of Decolonising the Law on Territorial and Boundary Issues in Africa: Gabon/Equatorial Guinea at the ICJ
EJIL: Talk!
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July 8, 2025
Introduction On 19 May 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered judgment in Land and Maritime Delimitation and Sovereignty over Islands (Gabon/Equatorial Guinea). The Court relied on a 1900 boundary treaty between the Parties’...
Congo Taps Eight Cameroonian Banks to Raise CFA70 Billion on BEAC Market
Business in Cameroon
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July 10, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - The Republic of Congo has launched a CFA70 billion fundraising operation on the public securities market of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC), enlisting the support of eight Cameroonian banks designated as Treasury...
Cameroon Plans CFA250bn Loan from Local Banks with Afreximbank Guarantee
Business in Cameroon
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July 10, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon is preparing a direct loan of CFA250 billion from local banks, backed by a guarantee from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), as part of an upcoming revised finance bill for the 2025 national budget....
Téte António in Malabo to participate in the session of the Executive Council of the African Union
Ver Angola
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According to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, seen by VerAngola, the Angolan leader arrived in the capital of Equatorial Guinea this Wednesday. At this session – to be held on the 10th and 11th of this month at the Sipopo...
World Bank places Nigeria behind Libya, Gabon in income rankings
Business Day
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July 9, 2025
The World Bank has again ranked Nigeria among the Lower-Middle Income Economies (LMIEs), placing Africa’s top oil producer behind conflict-ridden Libya and Gabon which were categorized as Upper-Middle Income Economies (UMIEs). This ranking comes...
Trump meets presidents of 5 African nations in bid to boost trade
United Press International (UPI)
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July 9 (UPI) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday met the presidents of five African nations -- Senegal, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Gabon -- in what the White House describes as a push to deepen trade, including that involving...
8 Countries Provide 44% Financial Buffer For Africa Energy Bank Kick Off
Leadership
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July 9, 2025
As the Africa Energy Bank (AEB) prepares to officially launch operations, eight countries have collectively provided a significant financial buffer, contributing 44 per cent of the required minimum contributions for the bank. The AEB, IS a $5...
Equatorial Guinea Sextapes: Baltasar Engonga risks 18 years jail term
Premium Times
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July 3, 2025
Remember Baltasar Ebang Engonga? The Equatorial Guinean who went viral in November after explicit sex videos involving him and multiple women surfaced online has returned to the spotlight, this time over allegations of financial fraud. On 7...
Equatorial Guinea’s Baltasar Ebang facing 18-year jail sentence
Daily Trust
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July 3, 2025
Former Director-General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Agency for Financial Investigation (ANIF), Baltasar Engonga Ebang, is on trial for alleged financial misconduct. The trial began Monday, June 30 and it involves several officials of a...
Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company to acquire Voltic (GH) Limited and West African Refreshments Ltd.
Joy FM
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July 8, 2025
Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company (ECCBC) and Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) have reached an agreement for ECCBC to acquire Voltic (GH) Limited (Voltic) and West African Refreshments Limited (WARL). Voltic is a subsidiary of CCBA, and WARL...
African Petroleum Producers' Organization (APPO) Secretary General To Speak At The African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 As Africa Energy Bank Prepares For Launch
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) In a significant step toward bolstering financing for Africa's energy sector, the African Petroleum Producers' Organization (APPO) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) are advancing plans to launch the African...
Three local banks make priority list of African Export-Import Bank
The Guardian Post
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The banks in the favoured list include the SCB Cameroun, Ecobank and Afriland First Bank. Business in Cameroon reports that the four banks, will be the only participants when the government, through the Ministry of Finance, floats a new series of...
Africa News Live Updates: Two South African engineers released from Equatorial Guinea after two years in detention
Firstpost
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July 4, 2025
Africa News Live Updates: Welcome to our live blog covering the latest from across Africa. Follow real-time updates on political transitions, security and peacekeeping operations, regional integration efforts, economic innovation, climate impacts,...
Ex-Equatorial Guinea anti-corruption chief with over 400 sextapes faces 18-year jail term
The Citizen (Nigeria)
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July 3, 2025
The embattled former Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga, is set to face 18 years imprisonment after he appeared in the Malabo court for his corruption trial. Engonga had been...
Prosecutors Seek 18-Year Jail Term For Ex-Equatorial Guinea Anti-Corruption Chief, Engonga
The Will
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July 3, 2025
July 03, (THEWILL) — A former Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF) in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga Edjo, may spend the next 18 years behind bars as his high-profile corruption trial continues at a court in...
Liberian Business Climate Poised for Growth as Trade Fair Initiative on the way
Front Page Africa
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July 8, 2025
The Zoom Network Inc, prominent Liberian-owned enterprise is in discussion with the Government of Liberia to launch a large scale trade fair aimed at energizing the country’s business landscape. This move comes as part of a broader economic...
Baltasar Engonga: Controversial Equatorial Guinea Gov’t ex-official with over 400 sextapes faces 18 years in jail
TV47
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July 3, 2025
Baltasar Engonga, a controversial former government official in Equatorial Guinea, is facing a potential 18-year prison sentence following his appearance in a Malabo court on Monday, June 30, for a corruption trial. The 54-year-old economist by...
Former Equatorial Guinea anti-corruption chief faces 18-year jail term amid embezzlement trial, sextape scandal
Prompt News Online
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July 3, 2025
Baltasar Engonga, the former Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency, is facing an 18-year prison sentence following his appearance in a Malabo court over serious corruption allegations. Engonga has been in...