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Donald Trump’s tariffs jar the U.S. stock market, worry consumers
Penn Live - Pennsylvania
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April 3, 2025
NEW YORK — Financial markets around the world are reeling Thursday morning following President Donald Trump’s latest and most severe volley of tariffs, and the U.S. stock market may be taking the worst of it. The S&P 500 was down 3.3% in early...
Equatorial Guinea Restricts WhatsApp Over Sex Scandal
News Central TV
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November 5, 2024
The Government of Equatorial Guinea has restricted citizens from downloading and sharing multimedia files on WhatsApp when using mobile data. This decision followed guidelines issued by the government to telecommunications operators, urging them...
Equatorial Guinea to install surveillance cameras in offices over Baltasar Engonga s3x tapes
Business Hallmark
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November 5, 2024
Teddy Nguema, the Vice President of Equatorial Guinea, has said the country will install surveillance cameras in all state body offices following viral videos of Baltasar Engonga, the country’s anti corruption chief sleeping with multiple women,...
Equatorial Guinea restricts WhatsApp amid govt official’s sex scandal
Daily Post
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November 5, 2024
The Government of Equatorial Guinea has imposed restrictions on its citizens, preventing them from downloading and sharing multimedia files via mobile data on WhatsApp. This decision came after the government directed telecommunications operators...
Equatorial Guinea restricts WhatsApp amid govt official sex scandal
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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November 5, 2024
The government of Equatorial Guinea has imposed restrictions on its citizens regarding the downloading and sharing of multimedia files via mobile data on WhatsApp. This action follows new guidelines issued to telecommunications operators, urging...
Equatorial Guinean anti-graft boss Engonga enmeshed in ‘400-video s#x scandal’
Nigerian Eye
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November 4, 2024
Baltasar Ebang Engonga, a top official of the Equatorial Guinean government, is embroiled in a massive s#x scandal. According to Real Equatorial Guinea,, the scandal was uncovered when officials searched the house and office of Engonga, the...
Equatorial Guinean anti-graft boss enmeshed in ‘400 sex tapes’ scandal
The Cable Lifestyle
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November 4, 2024
Baltasar Ebang Engonga, a top official of the Equatorial Guinean government, is embroiled in a massive sex scandal. According to Real Equatorial Guinea, the scandal was uncovered when officials searched the house and office of Engonga, the...
Equatorial Guinea Anti-Graft Chief Embroiled in Major Sex Scandal, Over 400 Tapes Found Involving Top Officials’ Families
Arise News
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November 4, 2024
Baltasar Ebang Engonga, a top Equatorial Guinean official and the director general of the country’s Anti-graft National Agency for Financial Investigation (ANIF), is at the centre of a major scandal involving explicit videos, some featuring...
Trump slaps 10% tariffs on Ghana and other nations in new trade ‘war’ strategy
3News.com
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April 3, 2025
The United States will now impose a 10% baseline tariff on nearly all imports, including those from Ghana, as part of President Donald Trump’s new trade policy aimed at countering foreign trade practices. The announcement, which signals a major...
IGAD rallies African unity at AU mid-year summit, champions Agenda 2063 vision
The Standard
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Workneh Gebeyehu (PhD) IGAD Executive Secretary. [Courtesy] The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is playing a central role in advancing Africa’s integration and development agenda as the continent prepares for the 7th African...
Equatorial Guinea official in custody over 400 sextapes with VIPs’ wives, sisters
The Citizen (Nigeria)
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November 4, 2024
The Director General, National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Ebang Engonga, has been arrested for allegedly recording over 400 sextapes of the wives of notable people in the country. The scandal emerged in the...
Equatorial Guinea Official Arrested Over 400 Sextapes With VIPs’ Wives, Sisters
Lagos Post Online
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November 4, 2024
The Director General, National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga, has been arrested for allegedly recording over 400 sextapes of the wives of notable people in the country. The scandal emerged in the course of a...
Equatorial Guinea arrests official for 400 sex tapes involving president’s sister, VIPs’ wives
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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November 4, 2024
Baltasar Engonga, the Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF) in Equatorial Guinea, has been arrested after a shocking discovery of over 400 sex tapes involving the wives of prominent individuals in the country. The...
Africa-US trade relations to shift after Trump unveils new tariff policy
The Namibian
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April 3, 2025
Africa’s trade relationship with the United States (US) is about to experience a major shift, as president Donald Trump recently unveiled a new tariff policy targeting more than 180 countries, including several African nations. Trump’s new trade...
Equatorial Guinea: ANIF boss Baltasar Ebang Engonga caught in sex scandal with cousin, president’s sister
Daily Post
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November 4, 2024
The serving Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF) of Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Ebang Engonga, has been caught in one of the country’s largest sex scandals. Baltasar was caught on tape engaging in sexual...
Equatorial Guinea: Davido reacts to Baltasar Engonga’s over 400 leaked sex tapes
Daily Post
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November 6, 2024
Famous Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Davido has reacted to the trending videos of Baltasar Engonga, the Director General of National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea. DAILY POST reports that Baltasar Engonga’s leaked sex tapes...
Africa Energy Bank gains momentum as Nigeria, Angola, Ghana fulfil capital commitments
Business Day
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April 2, 2025
In a significant development for Africa’s energy sector, Nigeria, Angola and Ghana have fulfilled their capital commitments toward establishing the Africa Energy Bank (AEB). The AEB aims to finance oil and gas projects across the continent,...
TRUMP'S TARIFFS SPARK GLOBAL TRADE TURMOIL
Eswatini Observer
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By Nomfanelo Maziya | 2025-04-03 United States President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new import taxes on all goods entering the US, causing disruption of the international trade order since the post-World War Two era. His plan establishes...
Equatorial Guinea Sacks ‘Baltasar Engonga’ as Finance Chief Amid Scandal
Face of Malawi
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November 8, 2024
The videos, which have been widely shared online, reportedly feature Engonga in romantic affairs with his brother’s wife, the wife of the vice president, the wife of the inspector general of police, and others. This scandal has raised concerns...
Africa Energy Bank misses March take-off target
Punch
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April 3, 2025
The Africa Energy Bank failed to begin operations in March as promised by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri. In February, Lokpobiri said the building hosting the bank in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, was...