AllAfrica News: Equatorial Guinea
Ghana and Equatorial Guinea have concluded a sales and purchase agreement under which two million barrels of Zafiro blend crude oil will be lifted annually from Equatorial Guinea to Ghana.
Two Million Barrels Crude Oil for Country
The Federal Government yesterday in Abuja said the authorities in Equatorial Guinea had yet to inform it about the death of two Nigerians jailed over a coup plot.
FG Investigates Death of Nationals in Equatorial Guinea
A excerpt from a briefing by State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley to journalists in Washington, DC:
U.S. Criticizes Govt Over Executions
The World Health Organization (WHO) Africa Regional Director, Angolan Luis Gomes Sambo, was honoured today in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, with the Paul Harris prize, by Rotary International, for his commitment to the erradication of polio desease in Africa.
Luis Gomes Sambo Honoured With the Paul Harris Prize
Independent United Nations human rights experts today voiced serious concern at last weekend's execution in Equatorial Guinea of four men over their alleged involvement in an armed attack on the country's presidential palace last year.
UN Human Rights Experts Express Concern Over Executions
The president of Equatorial Guinea, Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Monday, in Malabo, said that the strengthening of scientific research on health can help to improve health situation Africa.
Equatorial Guinea Leader Defends Better Research On Health
The African Union may take on the controversial UNESCO-Obiang Nguema Mbasogo International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences after talks were held on the issue by African leaders on the margins of the African Union (AU) summit in Kampala last month.
African Union 'Would Consider Taking on Unesco-Obiang Science Prize'
The oil interests of Angola, Brazil and Portugal could pave the way for former Spanish colony Equatorial Guinea to become the ninth member of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) two years from now, despite the country's poor human rights record.
Human Rights Drowning in Oil
Angola will attend the 60th session of the World Health Organisation for Africa (WHO/AFRO) set for August 30-September 3 this year in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Angop learned.
Nation at WFO's Session in Malabo
Four former army officers have been condemned to death by a military tribunal in Equatorial Guinea for their involvement in an attack on the presidential palace in 2009, state television reported Sunday. A human rights campaigner tells RFI that they were executed before sentence was officially passed.
Four Ex-Officers Sentenced to Death for 2009 Attack
Human Rights Watch and 95 partner groups have urged Unesco to cancel the Obiang Prize at its next session in October.
Scrap Obiang Prize, Rights Groups Tell Unesco
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization should cancel the Obiang Prize at its next session in October 2010, Human Rights Watch and 95 partner groups said in a letter sent to UNESCO Executive Board members today.
Rights Group Calls on UN to Cancel Obiang Prize
The following is a joint letter written by human rights organizations in protest to the executive board of Unesco over the Obiang prize.
Joint Letter to Unesco Urging the Cancellation of the Unesco-Obiang Prize
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization should cancel the Obiang Prize at its next session in October 2010, Human Rights Watch and 95 partner groups said in a letter sent to UNESCO Executive Board members today.
Unesco - Pull Obiang Prize - Executive Board Should Cancel Prize At October Meeting
Equatorial Guinea's Chief of Protocol, Marcus Ndong Edu Ndena, has said the move by Sierra Leone's designated ambassador to Equatorial Guinea, H.E. Henry O. Macauley to present his letters of credence to the government of that country has not only re-awakened the bilateral ties between the two nations, but has also been seen as a move in the right direction; especially now that interstate cooperation between African states is needed.
Salone Rekindles Diplomatic Ties With Equatorial Guinea