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President Obiang receives Order of Francophonie and Dialogue of Cultures Award MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Equatorial Guinea, President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, opened the 5(th) Conference of the Presidents of Assemblies and Sections of the African Region of the Francophonie Parliamentary Assembly (APF) with a call for stronger cooperation aimed at promoting peace as development and stability problems threaten states. During his welcoming...
Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Opens 7(th) ACP Summit MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Equatorial Guinean President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo called for stronger South-South economic global cooperation aimed at providing guidance for strategy and policies that allow the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of nations (ACP) to play an effective role in the international arena. Heads of State and government from the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of...
Government participates in international telecommunications project reaching from Africa Coast to Europe MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Government of Equatorial Guinea will expand its broadband connectivity by participating in the implementation of the international Africa Coast to Europe Project (ACE), a fiber optic cable that will connect 21 countries from South Africa to France. Equatorial Guinea's economic capital, Bata, will serve as one...
Nations sign civil aviation accord, set stage for closer ties. MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Equatorial Guinea Foreign Minister Agapito Mba Mokuy completed a productive visit to Spain last week that concluded with a new bilateral civil aviation agreement and new possibilities to improve economic and political relations. Mba Mokuy met with his Spanish counterpart, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, as well as...
Equatorial Guinea joins the fight to end hunger in Africa MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have signed an agreement that calls for the FAO to invest US$3 million over three years to develop poultry farming in rural Equatorial Guinea. This investment is part of the government's efforts to develop the country's agricultural sector...
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Equatorial Guinea's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and UNICEF have officially refuted erroneous AIDS prevalence figures published by some international media. In its official statement, UNICEF said, "..we wish to dissociate ourselves from such erroneous information published by the press, and to refute it, because UNICEF never alluded to any data statistics on HIV/AIDS in Equatorial Guinea." UNICEF said that...
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The government of Equatorial Guinea has issued a statement regarding the international arrest warrant received by INTERPOL for the detention of Daniel Lebegue. A full text of the statement follows: The Justice System of Equatorial Guinea informs the national and international public that on today's date, Tuesday, October 16 of the current year, the International Criminal Police Organization, more commonly known as...
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The government of Equatorial Guinea has issued an official statement regarding the international arrest warrant received by INTERPOL for the detention of Daniel Lebegue. A full text of the government's statement follows: The Justice System of Equatorial Guinea informs the national and international public that on today's date, Tuesday, October 16 of the current year, the International Criminal Police Organization,...
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Equatorial Guinea has hosted the third day of the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation Summit at the Sipopo conference Center in Malabo. The third day's session focused on foreign investment, industrial development initiatives, human rights and the engagement of the African diaspora with modern Africa. During an open forum, Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Minister of Mines, Industry and Energy, discussed foreign investment,...
Equatorial Guinea Participates in the 5th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Equatorial Guinea's President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is traveling to Beijing, China to attend the 5th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). The conference will last from July 19-20th and will focus on ways to strengthen China-Africa relations and enhance trade. According to Chen Deming, China's commerce minister who was quoted in the...
