Switzerland to return $28.6m of illicit funds to Equatorial Guinea

The flags of Switzerland and Equatorial Guinea (Credit: Shutterstock/Ahmed Zaggoudi) The Swiss foreign ministry told GIR that the funds, which will pay for a healthcare project, stem from the seizure of 25 luxury vehicles from the son of Teodore...

Car auction millions to Equatorial Guinea

Tuesday, 30 September 2025 06:30 Geneva will transfer millions of francs to a health project in Equatorial Guinea. The money was raised after courts seized and auctioned 25 high end vehicles, including Lamborghinis and Ferraris, in 2016. The cars...

Cuba and Equatorial Guinea reassert willingness to strengthen ties

HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 28 (ACN) José Ángel Portal Miranda, Cuban Minister of Public Health, and Mitoha Ondoo Ayekaba, Minister of Health, Social Welfare and Health Infrastructure of Equatorial Guinea, reaffirmed their commitment to increase cooperation...

Switzerland returns CHF22 million to Equatorial Guinea

The money will be dedicated to a health cooperation programme. Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English (British) Generated with artificial intelligence....

Equatorial Guinea reverses US enforcement of hospital award

Bata, Equatorial Guinea (Credit: Shutterstock/alarico) A US appeals court has overturned a decision to enforce a Swiss award against Equatorial Guinea relating to a medical clinic, finding the lower court should not have deferred to the tribunal’s...

Nigeria @ 65: Still flying on clipped wings

By Chinelo Obogo [email protected] After 65 years of independence, experts are unanimous in their submission that the Nigerian aviation sector should have soared far above the altitude it currently is. According to them, the nation, by now, should...

Equatorial Guinea cuts off internet for Annobón island residents who protested construction company

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — When residents of Equatorial Guinea’s Annobón island wrote to the government in Malabo in July last year complaining about the dynamite explosions by a Moroccan construction company, they didn’t expect the swift end to their...

Equatorial Guinea’s repression of island protesters includes internet outage — for a year and counting

LAGOS, Nigeria — When residents of Equatorial Guinea’s Annobón island wrote to the government in Malabo in July of last year complaining about the dynamite explosions by a Moroccan construction company, they didn’t expect the swift end to their...

Equatorial Guinea enforces internet outage for island

When residents of Equatorial Guinea’s Annobón island wrote to the government in Malabo in July last year complaining about the dynamite explosions by a Moroccan construction company, they didn’t expect the swift end to their internet access....

Equatorial Guinea cuts internet access to island after protests about construction

LAGOS, Nigeria — When residents of Equatorial Guinea’s Annobón island wrote to the government in Malabo in July last year complaining about the dynamite explosions by a Moroccan construction company, they didn’t expect the swift end to their...

Equatorial Guinea enforces yearlong net outage for island that protested construction firm

A man paddles a canoe in Annobón Island, Equatorial Guinea on June 12, 2022. (AP) LAGOS, Nigeria, Sept 14, (AP): When residents of Equatorial Guinea's Annobón island wrote to the government in Malabo in July last year complaining about the...

Residents of Annobón island in Equatorial Guinea have faced severe internet outages since complaining about dynamite explosions by a Moroccan construction company.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — When residents of Equatorial Guinea’s Annobón island wrote to the government in Malabo in July last year complaining about the dynamite explosions by a Moroccan construction company, they didn’t expect the swift end to their...

Africa flies high at ICAO Assembly, secures 8 council seats 

Africa has secured the election of all its eight candidates to the 36-member International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) during the UN agency’s 42nd assembly held in Montreal, Canada. Africa has secured the election of all its eight...

Israel in Africa – a friend with no benefits

Israel's surveillance tools are now part of its economic presence in Africa. Photo: File Last month, Israel opened a new embassy in Lusaka, Zambia, after a 50-year absence. Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar called it part of the “alliance of...

No. 2 US diplomat meets much-prosecuted West African leader after visa restrictions were eased

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau has met with the heavily prosecuted vice president of Equatorial Guinea in Washington after the Trump administration approved a waiver of corruption sanctions that allowed the...

Strange flesh-eating disease reported in Adamawa

Residents of Malabo in Fufore Local Government of Adamawa have raised concern over the outbreak of a strange ailment affecting body parts and causing severe pain among victims. Some patients who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Malabo...

Ribbon cutting ceremony marks transformational advancement in animal care 

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Pet Network Lake Tahoe is proud to announce the unveiling of its newly revitalized Medical Treatment Areas and Surgical Suite, marking a transformational leap forward in animal care for the Tahoe Basin. Made possible...

Chinese team helps pioneer clinical vision model, highlighting AI's future in eye care

BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- An international research collaboration effort led by Chinese scientists has unveiled a vision-based foundation model that promises to transform eye care worldwide. It has demonstrated, through an international...

More than 40 times they asked the UN to lift the blockade on Cuba

Photo: Prensa Latina At the close of the High-Level Segment of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, the call to lift the US blockade of Cuba was heard here more than 40 times. The speech that closed the marathon succession of speakers on...

The great silence surrounding marital rape in Senegal

Women demonstrate to demand the criminalisation of rape. Screenshot from the WF1tv – Women First YouTube channel By Bowel Diop Gender-based violence, including marital rape, occurs worldwide, and often, the perpetrators are the victim's husband....