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| Equatorial Guinea Politics | Society Equatorial Guinea polls begin, with little hope of change afrol News - 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. |
| São Tomé and Príncipe Economy - Development São Tomé to establish state oil company afrol News - The government of São Tomé and Príncipe, with Angolan help, plans to establish a national oil company within the end of this year. The new company is to assure local ownership over the expected upcoming offshore oil production. |
| Central African Republic Society | Politics | Human rights "Send Central African leaders to ICC" afrol News - Only days after the former President of the Central African Republic, Ange-Félix Patassé, returned home after a 6-year exile, human rights groups demand he be sent directly to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes. Also the current President is accused of grave war crimes. |
Politics | Society Equatorial Guinea pardons putschists afrol News - 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. |
| Central Africa | West Africa Agriculture - Nutrition | Science - Education | Economy - Development Maize research splendid investment for Africa afrol News - A new book looking at the history and effect on maize research in West and Central Africa reveals it is among the best spent funds to achieve poverty reduction. Every million US$ spent on maize research had lifted 35,000 Africans out of poverty, it claims. |
Economy - Development | Politics | Society Embezzlement case against Africa trio overturned afrol News - 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. |
| Angola | Congo Kinshasa Economy - Development | Politics | Human rights | Society UN steps in to help in Angola/DRC refugee saga afrol News - The UN agencies are preparing to airlift tents and an emergency response team to help scores of thousands of Angolans expelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as each country continues to drive out its neighbour’s nationals. |
| Gabon Politics | Economy - Development | Society | Human rights Gabon rejects nearly 300 migrants afrol News - A Ghanaian registered ship which was intercepted last week with nearly three hundred would-be migrants from Benin en route Gabon has been escorted out of Gabon’s territorial waters and sent back to Benin. |
| Central African Republic Economy - Development | Politics | Society | Human rights UNICEF appeals for donor support to protect CAR's children afrol News - Children in the Central African Republic (CAR) are paying a heavy price for the troubles faced by the country, and their plight could worsen without urgent international support, a senior official with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. |
| Gabon Politics | Economy - Development | Society Gabon recalls Central Bank Governor afrol News - The Gabonese government has recalled its representative, Philibert Andzembe, from the Central African States (BEAC) bank, following alleged mismanagement of CFA 19 billion at the BEAC's foreign office in Paris. |
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