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Visualized: The Top Countries Buying U.S. Oil in 2024
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Africa Intelligence Brief News Roundup (September 17, 2025)
(MENAFN- The Rio Times) North Africa balanced autonomy and alignment, with Algeria resisting U.S. security ties, Morocco joining naval drills, Egypt accelerating privatization, Tunisia's schools facing strikes, and Libya pivoting to heritage...

Momentum mulls IPO for its venture with Indian billionaire Birla
Momentum Group Ltd. is open to considering an initial public offering for its Indian venture with billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla as the South African insurer steps up its expansion plans in Asia’s third-largest economy. The Pretoria-based...
Paul Biya at 92: will defections weaken his grip on absolute power?
Cameroonians go to the polls in October 2025 in what some people hoped might be a break from the country’s troubled recent past. They thought that President Paul Biya (92) might stand aside to allow a transition. Three years ago I was one of those...

Equatorial Guinea president to join global energy leaders at AEInvest 2025 in New York
Africa THE President of Equatorial Guinea, His Excellency, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, has confirmed that he will join other African Presidents, global energy leaders and investors at the inaugural Africa Energy Investment Summit...

Equatorial Guinea president's son sentenced over ATR72 sale
A court in Equatorial Guinea has sentenced one of the sons of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo to six years in prison for illegally selling an ATR72-500 belonging to national carrier CEIBA Intercontinental (C2, Malabo), the news agency...
What Do Companies Need in a Future-Ready ERP?
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Nigeria Unveils $60bn Gas Expansion Drive For Global Market Push
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has announced plans to attract $60 billion in new investments over the next five to seven years to expand gas infrastructure and reinforce the country’s position in the global energy market....

Equatorial Guinea's sexy Baltasar jailed
A nephew of Equatorial Guinea’s long-serving president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, has been handed an eight-year prison sentence after being found guilty of embezzlement, deepening a scandal that had already rocked the ruling elite. Baltasar Ebang...

Equatorial Guinea president’s nephew, Baltasar, jailed for corruption
A court in Equatorial Guinea has sentenced Baltasar Ebang Engonga, nephew of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, to eight years’ imprisonment for embezzlement of public funds. Engonga, who once served as head of the National Financial Investigation...

Equatorial Guinea sex tape scandal figure Engonga jailed for corruption
Baltasar Ebang Engonga, the former financial crimes chief in Equatorial Guinea whose leaked sex tapes shocked Africa last year, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzlement. According to BBC, Engonga, 41, nicknamed “Bello,” who was...

Equatorial Guinea’s Baltasar, who was embroiled in a sex tape scandal jailed for embezzlement
A nephew of Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who was at the centre of a sex tape scandal last year, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzlement. Baltasar Ebang Engonga, the former head of the National Financial...

Equatorial Guinea Sextapes: Baltasar Engonga bags eight-year jail term
Baltasar Engonga, the Equatorial Guinean whose explicit sex tapes with multiple women went viral in 2024, has been jailed. On 7 November 2024, PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Engonga was dismissed as Director General of the National Financial...

Equatorial Guinea’s Baltasar Ebang Engonga jailed for embezzlement
A nephew of Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who was at the centre of a sex tape scandal last year, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzlement. Baltasar Ebang Engonga, the former head of the National Financial...

Equatorial Guinea Court jails President’s son for selling national plane
A court in Equatorial Guinea has convicted Ruslan Obiang Nsue, son of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, for the unauthorized sale of a national airline plane. According to Supreme Court press director Hilario Mitogo, the ruling on Tuesday...

Equatorial Guinea President’s son jailed
A court in Equatorial Guinea has sentenced Ruslan Obiang Nsue, one of the sons of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, to six years in prison for illegally selling a plane belonging to the country’s national airline, Ceiba Intercontinental....
Equatorial Guinea court jails President’s son for illegally selling National aircraft
A court in Equatorial Guinea has convicted Ruslan Obiang Nsue, son of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, for illegally selling an aircraft belonging to the national carrier. The court ruled Tuesday, August 26, that Obiang Nsue, 50, a former...

Equatorial Guinea's Baltasar Engonga jailed for 8 years
Baltasar Engonga/HANDOUTBaltasar Engonga has been sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzling government funds by a court in Equatorial Guinea. The former Head of Financial Investigation Agency was also fined $220,000 (Sh28.5 million)...

Equatorial Guinea president’s son convicted for selling national plane
A court in Equatorial Guinea convicted a son of the country’s president for illegally selling off a plane belonging to the national airline, a court official said. The judge ruled on Tuesday that Ruslan Obiang Nsue, one of the sons of President...

Equatorial Guinea Sentences Former Top Official Baltasar Ebang Engonga to Eight Years for Embezzlement Amid Sensational Scandal
In a landmark ruling that has sent shockwaves through Equatorial Guinea’s political elite, Baltasar Ebang Engonga, a former senior government official and once the head of the National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), was sentenced to eight...