Reuters: Equatorial Guinea News

FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in the Gulf of Guinea

Fri, 11 May 2012 18:36:14 +0000

DAKAR, May 11 (Reuters) - The Gulf of Guinea - a growing source of oil, cocoa and metals - spans more than a dozen West African countries, many ravaged by civil wars and coups. The region faces increasing piracy threats, drug smuggling and political uncertainty.

Miners will battle resource grabs - Glencore

Fri, 04 May 2012 20:27:16 +0000

ST GALLEN, Switzerland, May 4 (Reuters) - Mining companies will fight growing resource nationalism and could pull out of countries where governments are demanding too large a share of the pie, commodities giant Glencore warned on Fri day, a day after Argentina nationalised the country's biggest oil firm.

FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in the Gulf of Guinea

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:03:59 +0000

DAKAR, April 16 (Reuters) - The Gulf of Guinea - a growing source of oil, cocoa and metals - spans more than a dozen West African countries, many ravaged by civil wars and coups and all facing increasing piracy, drug smuggling and political uncertainty.

US judge wants more graft proof to seize assets of African leader's son

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:00:38 +0000

WASHINGTON, April 13 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge said prosecutors must provide more evidence to support allegations that the son of Equatorial Guinea's president illegally took millions of dollars to live a lavish lifestyle including buying a jet, luxury vehicles and pop singer Michael Jackson memorabilia.

UPDATE 1-France approves arrest warrant for son of E. Guinea president

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:43:18 +0000

PARIS, April 11 (Reuters) - A French prosecutor on Wednesday approved an investigator's request for an international arrest warrant for the son of Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema on money laundering charges, a judicial source said.

France approves arrest warrant for son of E. Guinea president

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:51:53 +0000

Decade of peace leaves Angolans split over rewards

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:11:25 +0000

LUANDA, April 4 (Reuters) - A decade after the end of a civil war that killed half a million people, wrecked cities and sowed its interior with mines, Angola's oil-fueled renaissance is visible in the cranes and skyscrapers that fill the skyline of the seaside capital Luanda.

NEWSMAKER-Equatorial Guinea's playboy "prince" feels the heat

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:14 +0000

* High-living Teodorin in sights of French, U.S. authorities

REFILE-Olympics-Swimmer 'Eric the Eel' set for Games comeback

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:31:36 +0000

March 30 (Reuters) - One of the Olympics' most famous underdogs, Eric the Eel, is set to make a splash at the London Games after being named coach for the Equatorial Guinea swim team.

AFRICA MONEY-The murky world of Africa oil back in spotlight

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:15:15 +0000

JOHANNESBURG, March 30 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund had bad timing this week in approving the latest tranche of a loan to oil-rich Angola, coinciding as it did with the issuance of a French arrest warrant for the son of Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.