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President Teodoro Obiang Nguema

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Watch Equatoguinean dictator's partying

afrol News - 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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Torture rife in Equatorial Guinea, UN confirms

afrol News - 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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Deforestation of African rain forest

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Forests and deforestation in Africa
- the wasting of an immense resource


afrol News - Except for the Congo Basin, Africa's frontier forests have largely been destroyed, primarily by loggers and by farmers clearing land for agriculture. In West Africa, nearly 90 percent of the original moist forest is gone, and what remains is heavily fragmented and degraded. Today, West African unspoiled forests are restricted to one patch in Côte d'Ivoire and another along the border between Nigeria and Cameroon.

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