Reuters: Equatorial Guinea News

Cameroon cocoa grinding off to slow start

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:54:04 +0000

YAOUNDE, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Cocoa purchases by Cameroon's sole domestic grinder, Sic-Cacaos, are running 86 percent below a year ago so far this season, possibly because of an equipment upgrade at the factory.

FACTBOX-Key facts about Equatorial Guinea

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:32:50 +0000

Nov 26 - Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema expects a landslide win in Sunday's election, brushing off growing human rights concerns in his bid to turn the central African nation into an energy major.

PREVIEW-Eq. Guinea's Obiang expects poll landslide

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:31:09 +0000

MALABO, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema expects a landslide win in Sunday's election, brushing off human rights concerns in his bid to turn the central African nation into an energy major.

FACTBOX-Attacks in the Gulf of Guinea

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:38:15 +0000

Nov 25 (Reuters) - Pirates attacked an oil tanker off the coast of Benin on Tuesday, killing a Ukrainian officer and stealing the contents of the ship's safe, the head of the West African country's navy said.

Eq. Guinea says oil output to stay around 250,000 bpd

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:43:45 +0000

LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Equatorial Guinea's oil production has fallen to around 250,000 barrels a day (bpd) and is likely to remain largely unchanged for the foreseeable future as declining output in existing fields is offset by new production, its vice energy minister said on Wednesday.

UPDATE 1-Ex-US lawmaker gets 13 years in prison for bribery

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:17:25 +0000

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Former Democratic U.S. Representative William Jefferson, who hid $90,000 in cash in his freezer, was sentenced on Friday to 13 years in prison for bribery, racketeering and money laundering.

Ex-US lawmaker gets 13 years in prison for bribery

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:30:07 +0000

Central African states target higher 2010 growth

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:22:49 +0000

YAOUNDE, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The six-nation Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) could see growth of up to four percent in 2010, up from the modest 2.4 percent expected this year, the regional central bank said late on Friday.

Gabon to ban gas flaring, unprocessed log exports

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:13:09 +0000

LIBREVILLE, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Oil firms operating in Gabon will be banned from flaring gas in 2010, the government said in a statement.

ANALYSIS-China trade outweighs corruption fears for Africa

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:44:14 +0000

* Beijing aware of corruption risks, trying to control them