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Bristol Zoo shares update on gorillas living at old site after repeated break-ins
Bristol Post
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July 31, 2025
Bristol Zoo has defended the conditions its gorilla troop are being kept in as a national report highlights "distressing" incidents. Eight gorillas are still living at their old enclosure at the iconic Clifton site, which closed to the public...
CEIBA Intercontinental Boeing 737-800 overruns runway in Equatorial Guinea
AeroTime News
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August 30, 2024
A CEIBA Intercontinental Boeing 737-800 with registration ET-AWR has overrun the runway at Malabo in Equatorial Guinea, sustaining damage but with no injuries sustained by passengers or crew. The incident occurred on Thursday, August 29, 2024, at...
2024 Corruption Perceptions Index: Corruption is playing a devastating role in the climate crisis
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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February 12, 2025
Corruption threatens life-saving climate funds around the world – better safeguarding is vital to protect billions of vulnerable people Global corruption levels remain alarmingly high, with efforts to reduce them faltering, according to the 2024...
Golar LNG Reaches Commercial Operations Date (COD) At Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) Project, Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 As Gold Partner
MENAFN
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July 31, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Golar LNG has officially announced that its FLNG Gimi vessel has reached its Commercial Operations Date (COD) under the 20‐year lease-and-operate agreement for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) gas project offshore Mauritania...
Jonathan To Speak At UN Inclusivity Event, Ethiopian Govt’s Sustainability Programme
Daily Independent
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February 11, 2025
LAGOS – Former President Goodluck Jonathan is scheduled to leave Abuja on Tuesday for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he will be attending two different programmes organised by the Ethiopian Government and the United Nations Development Programme...
#KeepItOn In Annobón: Authorities In Equatorial Guinea Must End Internet Shutdown And Other Human Rights Abuses
Scoop
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Saturday, 17 August 2024, 7:18 pm Press Release: Access Now On July 20, 2024, the government of Equatorial Guinea plunged Annobón into an internet and cellular blackout following recent demonstrations against environmental exploitation,...
Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea To Strengthen Defence Cooperation, Tackle Oil Theft Via Joint Patrols
Arise News
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August 16, 2024
Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru on Thursday disclosed that Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea will strengthen defence co-operation, including joint patrols to combat oil theft in the Gulf of Guinea. Speaking to newsmen after President Bola...
Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea mull joint patrols to tackle oil theft, marine security
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 15, 2024
The Minister of Defence Mr Abubakar Badaru said Thursday that Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea would strengthen defence co-operation including joint patrols to combat oil theft in the Gulf of Guinea. Fielding questions from State House correspondents...
Climate Change Finance, Natural Capital Accounting by African Countries, Top African Development Bank Group’s Agenda at COP29
African Development Bank
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November 11, 2024
The world’s largest annual climate conference opens in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday, with African nations ramping up efforts to tackle climate change. At COP29, the African Development Bank aims to mobilize additional resources for climate action...
UN peacekeeping can operate in a fractured world if there is a political will
The European Times
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July 30, 2025
The general subsectary Jean-Pierre Lacroix and the deputy secretary general Marta Pobe informed the priority council for the adaptation of United Nations peace operations to political solutions. They underlined the urgent need of the Council and...
Radar tech from Blighter fights Petro-piracy off West Africa coast
Business Weekly
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Blighter’s C400 series radars have been proven to be highly effective in targeting the growing problem of piracy. It is estimated that the illegal black market for stolen oil is worth over $1 billion. The radars in Equatorial Guinea are now fully...
Future of Agric at risk - Best farmer sounds alarm
Graphic
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August 4, 2025
The 2018 National Best Farmer, James Boateng, has called for a complete rethink and restructuring of the country’s agricultural sector, warning that fragmented policies, poor implementation and political interference continue to derail the...
UN peace efforts can work in a fractured world if there is political will
UN News
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July 29, 2025
Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Assistant Secretary-General Marta Pobee briefed the Council on priorities for adapting UN peace operations to foster political solutions. They emphasised the urgent need for the Council and the...
New study assesses threat to wildlife from cacao expansion in Congo Basin
Mongabay
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January 21, 2025
Wildlife in the heart of the Congo Basin, an area that stretches from western and southern Cameroon to northeastern and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, are most at risk from the expansion of cacao cultivation, a recent study found. Cameroon,...
E.Guinea lashes 'neo-colonial' France at UN top court over P...
Modern Ghana
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Equatorial Guinea hit out at France at the UN top court on Tuesday, describing its actions as "neo-colonial" in a long-running dispute over a swanky multi-million-euro Paris mansion confiscated by French authorities. The central African nation has...
Championing Africa’s integration and transformation
Capital
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July 20, 2025
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Claver Gatete, led ECA’s participation in the 7th African Union Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (#AUMYCM) held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. The AU Mid-Year Coordination Meeting is...
No country is on course to achieve the Malabo targets on agriculture
The Standard
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Kenya to adopt the Kampala Declaration on ending hunger within Africa.[PCS] At the African Union Summit held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, in June 2014, heads of state and government adopted a set of concrete agricultural goals to be attained by...
TZ features highly in the AU Mid-Year Coordination Meeting
Daily News Tanzania
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July 19, 2025
AFRICA: THE United Republic of Tanzania had the distinguished honour of participating in the Seventh Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (MYCM) between the African Union, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), and Regional Mechanisms (RMs), held on 13...
E.Guinea lashes ‘neo-colonial’ France at UN top court over Paris mansion
Macau Business
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July 15, 2025
Equatorial Guinea hit out at France at the UN top court on Tuesday, describing its actions as “neo-colonial” in a long-running dispute over a swanky multi-million-euro Paris mansion confiscated by French authorities. The central African nation has...
Nkwocha: WAFCON queen who outscored nations
Punch
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July 30, 2025
As Nigeria basks in the glow of yet another WAFCON title, the spotlight on the Super Falcons has never been brighter. The tournament may be over, but one of the tournament’s most enduring icons, Perpetua Nkwocha, stands unmatched. OLAMIDE ABE...