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Politics 20/09/2022

Why Teodoro Obiang is in a hurry to hold the presidential elections

The president of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema has decided to bring forward the presidential election to November 2022. And not just for financial reasons [...]

Politics Diplomacy 15/09/2022

Two French MPs compete for key post in Francophonie parliament

Amélia Lakrafi, MP for the 10th constituency of French nationals living overseas and Bruno Fuchs, the MP for Haut-Rhin. © Abd Rabbo Ammar/Abaca / Vincent Isore/IP3

Politics 31/08/2022

Ill-gotten gains scandal sticks to Teodorin ahead of 2023 election

Vice President of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue gestures while arriving at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, for the inauguration of Incumbent South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on May 25, 2019. © Michele Spatari/AFP

Defence Diplomacy 23/08/2022

Great Lakes verification mechanism sees final days as DRC-M23 conflict drags on

The Joint Expanded Verification Mechanism, a little-known military cooperation body headed by an Angolan general, was supposed to investigate security incidents in the eastern DRC on behalf of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. Its reports have been systematically blocked, however, by the authorities in Kigali and Kinshasa. [...]

Diplomacy 17/08/2022

Who is France's new ambassador to Equatorial Guinea?

After serving as the deputy director of civil registration and nationality for the French foreign ministry since 2019, Olivier Brochenin's successor should be arriving in Malabo in September. [...]

22/07/2022

Vaalco profits as Ukraine war drives Russia's Gunvor out of Block I Free

The latest Russian-owned firm to be affected by the consequences of the Ukraine war is oil trader Gunvor, which is set to sell its assets in Equatorial Guinea to the US firm Vaalco. [...]

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Diplomacy 06/07/2022

UN : Antonio Guterres Selects New Head for Central Africa

The United Nations is likely to pick a West African replacement for Guinean François Louncény Fall, who stepped down as head of the UN regional office in for Central Africa in June after six years in the role. [...]

Energy Politics 30/06/2022

Malabo's lawyers study next step in ill-gotten gains affair

Lawyers acting on behalf of the Equatorial Guinean state are trying to find ways of countering French court rulings concerning the seizure of a private mansion in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. [...]

The private mansion at 42 avenue Foch, in Paris.

Diplomacy 29/06/2022

Francophonie secretary of state Zacharopoulou to visit Libreville

The French Secretary of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, will travel to Libreville from 5 to 8 July. [...]

French secretary of state Chrysoula Zacharopoulou.

Finance Business 08/06/2022

"Congo Hold-up" : France's financial prosecution service has begun investigating the BGFI

Gabon's BGFIBank group is being investigated by the French national financial prosecution service. The investigation concerns "suspect" movements of funds between its subsidiaries in the DRC and France. [...]

Business 03/06/2022

Business airlines hit jackpot with AU summit in Malabo

The latest African Union gathering held in the capital of Equatorial Guinea in May was a golden opportunity for a handful of business airlines to make some serious money by flying various presidents around. [...]

The African Union summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.

Energy 11/05/2022

Behind-the-scenes of Trident, Kosmos and Panoro extension negotiations on Okume and Ceiba

Trident, Kosmos and Panoro have hit the jackpot in obtaining extensions of more than 10 years of their production licences on these two fields. The three companies will thus be able to increase their exploitable reserves by several million barrels. [...]

Energy 03/05/2022

Deep-pocketed juniors target Chevron assets

Canadian group Gran Tierra Energy and US junior Vaalco are in talks to take over Chevron's producing fields in offshore Equatorial Guinea. [...]

Defence Business 28/04/2022

Bolloré still on hand to supply French army from Libreville to N'Djamena

Though in the midst of selling off its African logistics assets to the Italian-Swiss company MSC, the French giant Bolloré will continue to supply French bases in central Africa, from Gabon to Chad and the Central African Republic. [...]

Diplomacy 08/04/2022

Teodorin Obiang summoned to Paris court on 20 April for embezzlement case

Equatorial Guinea vice-president Teodorin Obiang Nguema has been summoned to appear in court in Paris on 20 April in the latest episode of the long-running so-called "ill-gotten gains" affair. [...]

Finance Business 11/03/2022

Malabo finally gets one over on Cameroonian businessman Yves-Michel Fotso

After more than ten years of a legal battle that has cost it dearly, Equatorial Guinea has finally salvaged something from the wreckage at the Paris Court of Appeal against Groupe Fotso. [...]

Mining Commodity traders 09/03/2022

Why Trafigura has positioned itself on the Lobito-Kolwezi corridor

Swiss trader Trafigura, which is increasing its supply agreements in the DRC and Zambia, is keen to trump its competitors by having a copper transport route to Angola. Together with Mota-Engil and Vecturis, it has responded to the call for tenders to manage the rail corridor between Kolwezi and Lobito. [...]

Diplomacy 08/03/2022

CEMAC struggles to draw up its 2022 spending programme

The institution headed by former Gabonese prime minister Daniel Ona Ondo has set its 2022 spending programme at 94bn CFA francs. This looks like an increase on the previous year but, in fact, the failure of member states to pay their contributions will lead to a drastic reduction in its operating costs. [...]

The extraordinary meeting was called by CEMAC chairman, former Gabonese prime minister Daniel Ona Ondo.

Energy 04/03/2022

Vaalco ditches Zafiro to zoom in on Chevron's assets

The US junior has the financial clout to take over what used to be Noble Energy's fields but winning over Malabo won't be plain sailing. [...]

Commodity traders Business 03/03/2022

Nicolae Buzaianu pitches bitcoin venture in CAR

Swiss-Romanian businessman Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu, who is energetically courting officials in the Central African Republic, is looking beyond timber into generating cryptocurrency and setting up bitcoin mining centres in the country. [...]

In Focus Politics 28/02/2022

Political games for Obiang's approval at play in Malabo

In a country with almost no political opposition, elections provide nonetheless a chance to shuffle power and influence within the ruling Partido Democrático de Guinea Ecuatorial (PDGE) party. Regional party heads are holding no bars to win votes in their home turf with rewards of influential postings and favours in mind. [...]

Supporters of the Partido Democrático de Guinea Ecuatorial (PDGE) during the campaign for the November 2017 legislative elections in Malabo.

Mining 25/02/2022

Enaex and Sasol move to dominate mining explosives supply in Walvis Bay

A partnership between Sasol and the Chilean firm Enaex, one of South America's leading mining explosive firms, is planning to build a huge warehouse to stock ammonium nitrate - the substance behind the catastrophe in the port of Beirut but widely used in the mining industry. [...]

Commodity traders Business 24/02/2022

Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

For a time the partner of the ex-Gambian president Yahya Jammeh in a rosewood venture, the Swiss-Romanian trader Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu, whose business activities in both Gambia and Romania have attracted judicial scrutiny, has met with CAR president Faustin-Archange Touadéra several times of late. [...]

Energy 17/02/2022

Trident bids again for ExxonMobil's Zafiro as Savannah lies in wait Free

Equatorial Guinea's largest oilfield, Zafiro, has been on sale for nearly three years and continues to attract the attention of junior players, despite some of these being repeatedly rejected in Malabo. [...]

Energy 16/02/2022

Vaalco eyes Chevron and ExxonMobil's assets

Boosted by strong financial results, US junior Vaalco Energy has plans for new acquisitions, and has its sights set on fields operated by oil majors ExxonMobil and Chevron in Equatorial Guinea. [...]

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Why Teodoro Obiang is in a hurry to hold the presidential elections

Two French MPs compete for key post in Francophonie parliament

Ill-gotten gains scandal sticks to Teodorin ahead of 2023 election

Great Lakes verification mechanism sees final days as DRC-M23 conflict drags on

Who is France's new ambassador to Equatorial Guinea?

Vaalco profits as Ukraine war drives Russia's Gunvor out of Block I Free

UN : Antonio Guterres Selects New Head for Central Africa

Malabo's lawyers study next step in ill-gotten gains affair

Francophonie secretary of state Zacharopoulou to visit Libreville

"Congo Hold-up" : France's financial prosecution service has begun investigating the BGFI

Business airlines hit jackpot with AU summit in Malabo

Behind-the-scenes of Trident, Kosmos and Panoro extension negotiations on Okume and Ceiba

Deep-pocketed juniors target Chevron assets

Bolloré still on hand to supply French army from Libreville to N'Djamena

Teodorin Obiang summoned to Paris court on 20 April for embezzlement case

Malabo finally gets one over on Cameroonian businessman Yves-Michel Fotso

Why Trafigura has positioned itself on the Lobito-Kolwezi corridor

CEMAC struggles to draw up its 2022 spending programme

Vaalco ditches Zafiro to zoom in on Chevron's assets

Nicolae Buzaianu pitches bitcoin venture in CAR

Political games for Obiang's approval at play in Malabo

Enaex and Sasol move to dominate mining explosives supply in Walvis Bay

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Why Teodoro Obiang is in a hurry to hold the presidential elections

Two French MPs compete for key post in Francophonie parliament

Ill-gotten gains scandal sticks to Teodorin ahead of 2023 election

Great Lakes verification mechanism sees final days as DRC-M23 conflict drags on

Who is France's new ambassador to Equatorial Guinea?

Vaalco profits as Ukraine war drives Russia's Gunvor out of Block I Free

UN : Antonio Guterres Selects New Head for Central Africa

Malabo's lawyers study next step in ill-gotten gains affair

Francophonie secretary of state Zacharopoulou to visit Libreville

"Congo Hold-up" : France's financial prosecution service has begun investigating the BGFI

Business airlines hit jackpot with AU summit in Malabo

Behind-the-scenes of Trident, Kosmos and Panoro extension negotiations on Okume and Ceiba

Deep-pocketed juniors target Chevron assets

Bolloré still on hand to supply French army from Libreville to N'Djamena

Teodorin Obiang summoned to Paris court on 20 April for embezzlement case

Malabo finally gets one over on Cameroonian businessman Yves-Michel Fotso

Why Trafigura has positioned itself on the Lobito-Kolwezi corridor

CEMAC struggles to draw up its 2022 spending programme

Vaalco ditches Zafiro to zoom in on Chevron's assets

Nicolae Buzaianu pitches bitcoin venture in CAR

Political games for Obiang's approval at play in Malabo

Enaex and Sasol move to dominate mining explosives supply in Walvis Bay

Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

Trident bids again for ExxonMobil's Zafiro as Savannah lies in wait Free

Vaalco eyes Chevron and ExxonMobil's assets

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