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Politics | Society Gabon opposition chief faces treason case afrol News - André Mba Obame, Gabon's main opposition leader, has been stripped of parliamentary immunity as government prepares a treason case against him. |
Politics Concerns over Congo's ill-prepared elections afrol News - Congo Kinshasa (DRC) authorities plan to hold the 5 December constitutional deadline to hold elections, but observers warn the vast country is in no way prepared to do so. |
Politics | Human rights Police troops stop Equatorial Guinea protests afrol News - After banning the planned mass protests in Equatorial Guinea, government sent out massive police forces to prevent the opposition from taking to the streets yesterday. |
Politics | Society | Human rights Africa defies AU chief's support for Ghaddafi afrol News - African Union (AU) chief and Equatorial Guinea dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema twice has called Colonel Ghaddafi to secure AU support. But other African countries rather support Libya's rebels. |
Politics | Human rights Calls for protests in Equatorial Guinea afrol News - One of Equatorial Guinea's major opposition parties is planning a protest in favour of pro-democracy reforms and basic human rights in one of Africa's most dictatorial states. |
Environment - Nature | Economy - Development Congo halts oil exploration in Virunga Park afrol News - The government of Congo Kinshasa (DRC) has suspended the highly controversial oil exploration programme in the unique Virunga National Park, a World Heritage Site. |
Politics | Human rights | Technology Cameroon limits social media services afrol News - The government of Cameroon has ordered mobile operator MTN to suspend an SMS service that had proven a powerful tool for protest movements in North Africa. |
Environment - Nature | Economy - Development Large-scale logging underway in DR Congo afrol News - New decisions by the Congo Kinshasa government, lifting a 9-year moratorium, mean that up to 25 million hectares of rainforest could be sacrificed for industrial exploitation. |
Politics African Union chief: "No comment" on North Africa afrol News - The opposition of Equatorial Guinea today denounced President Teodoro Obiang Ngeuma, who is also the current African Union (AU) President, for keeping quiet on the North African revolutions. |
Economy - Development | Society Yacht worth US$380m ordered by E-Guinea dictator afrol News - Teodorín Obiang, the notorious son of Equatorial Guinea's long-ruling dictator, has commissioned plans to build a super-yacht worth US$ 380 million - almost three times the country's annual social spending. |
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