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Equatorial Guinea polls begin, with little hope of change

afrol News, 6 November - Campaigning in Equatorial Guinea began yesterday for the 29 November presidential elections. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema is challenged by opposition leader Plácido Micó Abogo, the latter having few illusions he will be given a fair chance.

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Equatorial Guinea pardons putschists

afrol News, 3 November - Equatoguinean President Teodoro Nguema Obiang today issued a decree pardoning the five foreign masterminds behind an alleged coup attempt in March 2004. These include South African Nicolaas du Toit and Briton Thomas Mann, who will be freed during few days.

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Economy - Development | Politics | Society

Embezzlement case against Africa trio overturned

afrol News, 29 October - A French appeals court has overturned an application for lawsuit against three African leaders accused of embezzlement, citing lack of locus standi in the matter.

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Obiang warns US and Europe of growing piracy in Gulf of Guinea

afrol News, 16 October - The president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has issued a warning to the United States and Europe not to turn a blind eye to the growing security threat in the Gulf of Guinea.

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Politics | Human rights

HRW report was fallacy, E/Guinea

afrol News, 10 July - The Equatorial Guinea government has lashed out on the international human rights latest report alleging widespread corruption and mismanagement of oil revenue in the West African State.

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Economy - Development | Politics | Society

HRW denounced use of oil revenues in E/Guinea

afrol News, 9 July - The international rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch has criticised the abuse of oil revenue by the Equatorial Guinea government.

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Equatorial Guinea denies accounts and real estate in Spain

afrol News, 26 May - The Equatorial Guinea's office of the presidency has denied media reports pinning President Teodoro Obiang and his family to a stream of bank accounts and property investments in Spain.

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Economy - Development | Politics

Spanish oil returns to Equatorial Guinea

afrol News, 21 May - After almost thirty years, the Spanish oil company Repsol has announced its return to the formerly Spanish colony Equatorial Guinea, which it left due to dictatorship and diplomatic struggles between Madrid and Malabo.

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Obiang warns action against the judiciary

afrol News, 2 April - The Equatorial Guinea president Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has warned that the government will take drastic measures against the judicial system following reports of alleged abuses and irregularities in the system.

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Society

Watch Equatoguinean dictator's partying

afrol News, 28 November - A video of Equatorial Guinea's dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema dancing and partying at the luxurious birthday celebration of Gabon's President Omar Bongo has been released on Youtube, to the disgust of the country's opposition. Watch the video here.

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Human rights

Torture rife in Equatorial Guinea, UN confirms

afrol News, 19 November - The Equatoguinean opposition has all along maintained that the practise of torture remains systematic and fierce in the country. Today, the UN finally was let to confirm this.

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Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development

Seven new US-Africa flight routes planned

afrol News, 12 November - The Atlanta-based US airliner Delta Air Lines today announced it is planning to launch seven new flights connecting North America and Africa. New connections from Atlanta will go to South Africa, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Senegal and Cape Verde. New York is to be connected with South Africa and Nigeria.

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Economy - Development | Technology

Equatorial Guinea telecom services breaking down

afrol News, 12 November - Telecommunication services in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea are going from bad to worse, the government complains. Coverage is being limited, telephone calls suddenly are interrupted and other services offered by Guinea Ecuatorial de Telecomunicaciones (Getesa) are failing.

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Politics | Society

President Obiang denies rumours of his death

afrol News, 14 October - Equatorial Guinea's presidency today denied rumours "put out by the exiled opposition" that President Teodoro Obiang Nguema had "died or fallen in irreversible coma." His spokesmen say the rumours were "false", but the President himself has yet to make a public appearance.

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Politics | Society

Rumours say Equatoguinean President is dead

afrol News, 13 October - According to opposition sources, the President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, died this evening. Sources in the Equatoguinean presidency are quoted.

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» 19.09.2008 - UN appoints new Equatorial Guinea/Gabon conflict mediator
» 23.07.2008 - Gabon, Equatorial Guinea resolving border dispute
» 09.07.2008 - Equatorial Guinea gets new Prime Minister
» 07.07.2008 - Equatorial Guinea coup plotter gets 34 years
» 20.06.2008 - Simon Mann trial ruling next week
» 18.06.2008 - Possible 30 years for 'British mercenary'
» 17.06.2008 - Simon Mann trial underway in Equatorial Guinea
» 12.06.2008 - British "coup plotter" on trial in Equatorial Guinea
» 12.06.2008 - Gabonese-Equatoguinean border row mediated
» 03.06.2008 - Equatoguinean govt buys oil assets
» 21.05.2008 - "Rigged" Equatoguinean poll results confirmed
» 19.05.2008 - Equatorial Guinea's election results "rigged"
» 02.05.2008 - Equatorial Guinean leader tops Africa's media predators
» 17.04.2008 - Concern over erosion of rights in Equatorial Guinea
» 01.02.2008 - Zim deports UK 'mercenary'

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