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Tuggar: Nigeria Has Drawn $14bn Investment from India, €250m Investment for Nigerian Businesses
This Day
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March 21, 2025
•Signed strategic MoUs with 10 countries Michael Olugbode and Wale Ajimotokan in Abuja The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has said the nation has attracted investment worth $14 billion from India across multiple sectors...
Launch of The Project To Develop A National Strategy For Mobilising The Diaspora: A New Drive For The Socio-economic Development Of Cameroon
IOM - UN Migration
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March 18, 2025
Yaoundé – The Ministry of External Relations (MINREX), in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mission in Cameroon, has officially launched the “Diaspora engagement strategy for the socio-economic development of...
Power and sex tapes: What is the Equatorial Guinea scandal really about?
Africa Report
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What would the original Balthazar, one of the three biblical Magi of Christian tradition, have thought of his namesake? The African king of the New Testament gospels, who was guided by a star to the cradle of the infant Jesus, had laid his...
Albayrak Group Expands Its Presence in Africa with Equatorial Guinea Ports Agreement
Yeni Safak
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In a landmark collaboration following two years of negotiations and reciprocal visits, Türkiye’s leading Albayrak Group has secured a significant concession in Equatorial Guinea. On November 13, during a ceremony held in the nation’s capital,...
Why Nigeria is a moderate income-inequality economy, By ‘Tope Fasua
Premium Times
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March 17, 2025
It could be argued that Nigeria has not clearly gone after income inequality since its creation. We have instead gone after wealth creation, oftentimes in a haphazard way. Some of the times, we react to high levels of poverty by creating or going...
Who Is Baltasar Ebang Engonga? Scandal-Struck Finance Official at Heart of Massive Viral Sex Tape Leak in Equatorial Guinea
International Business Times Singapore
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November 11, 2024
Equatorial Guinea's Baltasar Ebang Engonga, a high-ranking government official, has been fired following the leak of hundreds of explicit videos showing him with multiple women. The scandal erupted after the clips went viral on social media,...
Baltasar Engonga: Equatorial Guinea to arraign ex-anti-corruption chief in sex tape scandal
Daily Post
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November 12, 2024
Equatorial Guinea’s government has announced legal proceedings against Baltasar Engonga, former head of the National Financial Investigation Agency, in connection with a sex tape scandal that has sparked outrage and concern nationwide. Engonga,...
China’s Pangolin Scale Trade Declines, Study Shows, but Smuggling Persists
The Good Men Project - California
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March 19, 2025
By Keith Anthony Fabro A study of Chinese court records from 2010 to 2023 found that pangolin scale seizures peaked in 2018 and have since declined; while the authors attribute this to increased enforcement and public awareness in China,...
Sex Tapes: Equatorial Guinea Installs CCTV in Offices
TechEconomy
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November 6, 2024
The government in Equatorial Guinea has commenced a probe into hundreds of leaked pornographic videos allegedly involving high-ranking civil servant, Baltasar Engonga, having sex with various women, including wives of prominent officials in his...
Tchamani wamapakulidwe osakhala bwino wachotsedwa ntchito ku Equatorial Guinea
Malawi 24
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November 9, 2024
Advertisement Dziko la Equatorial Guinea lachotsa ntchito a Baltasar Ebang Engonga ngati mkulu wa National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF) kutsatira kutchuka kwa makanema awo pa masamba a m’chezo. A Ebanga atchuka pa masamba a m’chezo ndi...
Russia sends military instructors to Equatorial Guinea - reports
BBC
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November 13, 2024
Russia has reportedly sent up to 200 troops to Equatorial Guinea to protect the presidency, as it continues to expand its presence in Africa. Media reports say that the Russians are training elite guards in the country’s two main cities – the...
Russia tightens military grip in West Africa with instructors in Equatorial Guinea
Business Insider Africa
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November 13, 2024
Russia has deployed around 200 military instructors to Equatorial Guinea in recent weeks to protect the presidency, according to sources who spoke to Reuters. Two sources reported that Russian military instructors are stationed in Equatorial...
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...
Russian power creeps across West Africa with Equatorial Guinea mission
The Gazette - Colorado
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By David Lewis, Filipp Lebedev and Giulia Paravicini NAIROBI (Reuters) - Russia has deployed up to 200 military instructors to Equatorial Guinea in recent weeks to protect the presidency, sources told Reuters, showing Moscow is expanding its...
Explained: The ‘Bello’ Sex Tape scandal shaking Equatorial Guinea’s political landscape
Africa Report
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The leak of hundreds of explicit videos involving an Equatorial Guinea senior government official has ignited debates over succession plans and corruption in one of Africa’s most opaque political landscapes. Who is at the center of the scandal?...
Sex tape scandal: Equatorial Guinea sues ex-anti-corruption chief
Daily Trust
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November 13, 2024
The Government of Equatorial Guinea has filed a lawsuit against Baltasar Engonga, the former Director General of the country’s National Financial Investigation Agency, for alleged misconduct in connection with a sex tape scandal. The Minister of...
Sex tape scandal: Equatorial Guinea to prosecute Baltasar Engonga for misconduct
Technext
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November 12, 2024
The Government of Equatorial Guinea is set to prosecute its former Director General of the National Agency for Financial Investigation, Baltasar Engonga, for alleged misconduct in connection with a sex tape scandal. “This decision comes after...
Panoro Energy and GEPetrol Sign PSC for Block Offshore Equatorial Guinea
Offshore Engineer News
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November 13, 2024
Nov 13, 2024 (Credit: Panoro Energy) Oslo-listed oil and gas company Panoro Energy has signed a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with the Government of Equatorial Guinea for offshore Block EG-23. Panoro now holds an 80% participating interest and...
UN review of Equatorial Guinea could spark hope for detained SA engineers
Cape Argus
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November 13, 2024
Cape Town - As the human rights record of Equatorial Guinea is being examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) in...
Russia deploys military instructors to Equatorial Guinea
SABC News
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November 13, 2024
Russia has deployed up to 200 military instructors to Equatorial Guinea in recent weeks to protect the presidency, sources told Reuters, showing Moscow is expanding its footprint in West Africa despite a recent defeat in Mali. The sources said the...