Guinea

  • Chief Bisong Etahoben

    President Biya Gives $250,000 For Repatriation To Cameroonians Expelled From Equatorial Guinea

    President Paul Biya of Cameroon has authorised the release of 125 million FCFA (about US$250,000) to be used for the repatriation of an estimated 630 Cameroonians who are being forcefully expelled from Equatorial Guinea. The presidential intervention follows forceful and sometimes brutal expulsion of Cameroonians by the Equato-Guinean authorities which began on Oct 20. The […]

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    Omicron Scare: Equatorial Guinea Suspends All International Flights

    The government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea has suspended all international flights into the country with effect from Monday, Dec. 6, 2021 till Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022. According to a decree signed by President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo sighted by HumAngle, the decision was aimed at preventing the outbreak of the Omicron variant of the […]

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  • Cameroon, Nigeria, E. Guinea And Gabon Brainstorm Over Gulf Of Guinea Security
    Chief Bisong Etahoben

    Cameroon, Nigeria, E. Guinea And Gabon Brainstorm Over Gulf Of Guinea Security

    Experts from Cameroon, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon who are members of the technical committee on maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea started a meeting in Yaounde, the Cameroonian capital on Monday, December 21. The four countries share the Gulf of Guinea which informs their concerns over maritime security in the area that has […]

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  • Gulf of Guinea: Equatorial Guinea, France In Talks To Fight Piracy
    Chief Bisong Etahoben

    Gulf of Guinea: Equatorial Guinea, France In Talks To Fight Piracy

    Equatorial Guinea and France have been discussing ways and means to strengthen their cooperation in the fight against piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. At a meeting on Thursday between the Equatorial Guinea Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue and Olivier Brochenin, the French Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea, the two countries reaffirmed their determination to […]

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    Phillipino Sailor Abducted In Pirate Attack In Equatorial Guinea

    A sailor of Philippine nationality was on Saturday, October 17, 2020, morning (4.30 a.m.) abducted by pirates who attacked the ship he was working for in the port of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. According to official sources in Malabo, the Equatorial Guinean capital, the ship, “Methane Princess”, was working for the Equatorial Guinea Liquefied Natural Gaz […]

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  • Equatorial Guinea Confirms Release Of 5 Abducted Marines
    Chief Bisong Etahoben

    Equatorial Guinea Confirms Release Of 5 Abducted Marines

    Five marines who were abducted by pirates on May 9, 2020 in the ports of Malabo and Luba, 40km from the Equatorial Guinean capital, have been released in Nigeria. According to an announcement by the government of Equatorial Guinea, pirates attacked merchant vessels on May 9, 2020 during which one Equatorial Guinean, three Russians and […]

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  • Papua New Guinea: 11 Shot Dead In Prison Break
    Muhammad Sani Uba

    Papua New Guinea: 11 Shot Dead In Prison Break

    11 prisoners have been shot dead following a mass jailbreak in Papua New Guinea and 36 others remain on the run, authorities said on Tuesday. AFP news agency reported that the detainees escaped from Buimo prison in the Pacific nation’s second-biggest city Lae after rushing a gate when a sick prisoner was being moved for […]

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  • Clashes In Guinea As Protests Resume After Covid-19 Hiatus
    Muhammad Sani Uba

    Clashes In Guinea As Protests Resume After COVID-19 Hiatus

    Security forces clashed with demonstrators in Guinea’s capital Conakry on Monday as protests resumed after a three-month coronavirus hiatus against the president’s suspected intention of extending his grip on power, sources said. AFP news agency reported that a bullet struck 22-year-old protester Amadou Barry in the face as he headed to a demonstration in the […]

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  • Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea Meet Again Over Border Wall Clashes
    Chief Bisong Etahoben

    Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea Meet Again Over Border Wall Clashes

    In continuation of efforts to reduce tensions on their common border after their meeting of June 29 and June 30, 2020, in Yaounde, Cameroon’s Minister of Defence Joseph Beti Assomo with the Minister of External Relations Lejeune Mbella Mbella will meet with his Equatorial Guinea counterpart in Malabo on Monday, July 20 and Tuesday, July […]

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  • Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea Reach Truce Over Border Tension
    Chief Bisong Etahoben

    Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea Reach Truce Over Border Tension

    After two days of discussions, from June 29 to June 30, following repeated skirmishes between the armed forces of both countries at their frontier in Kye-Ossi and Abang-Minko-o, the Defence Ministers of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea have agreed to “significantly reinforce” their partnership in defence, security and trans-border exchanges. Officials of the two countries met […]

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  • Cameroon And Equatorial-Guinea Meet Over Border Tensions
    Chief Bisong Etahoben

    Cameroon And Equatorial-Guinea Meet Over Border Tensions

    In a bid to reduce the increasing tension between their two countries over a border wall, Equatorial Guinea has started to build a gigantic wall to curb the illegal entry of Cameroonians into its territory, the defence ministers of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea would be meeting in Yaounde, the Cameroonian capital tomorrow. The Equato-Guinean delegation […]

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  • COVID-19: West African Health Organization (WAHO) Supports Liberia And Guinea
    Ade Campbell

    COVID-19: West African Health Organization (WAHO) Supports Liberia And Guinea

    The West African Health Organization (WAHO) has provided the sum of US$10,000 to the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development for onward transmission to the National COVID Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) as support in the fight against COVID-19. The cash donation was presented to the health ministry was to procure basic hygiene materials for peripheral […]

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