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Flanking tactics
Business World
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July 9, 2025
Don’t look now, but if we’re not careful, we could find ourselves legally outflanked over the West Philippine Sea. In a move widely reported abroad on May 30 but which merited just minor, bottom-page treatment in the “World” pages of two local...
Climate shocks, humanitarian crises and political division plague Central Africa
Media Monitors Network
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December 13, 2024
Abdou Abarry, UN Special Representative for Central Africa, told ambassadors in the Security Council that disasters and extreme weather events displaced more than three million people in the region this year alone. This has worsened an already...
ExxonMobil concludes its operations in Equatorial Guinea
African Mining Market
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October 2, 2024
ExxonMobil has concluded its operations in Equatorial Guinea after almost three decades, fulfilling its intention, stated in 2022, to leave when its licenses expired. The departure of the American giant marks the close of a significant chapter in...
The “After Exxon†Begins New Oil and Gas Chapter for Equatorial Guinea (By Antonio Oburu Ondo)
The Sunday News
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September 30, 2024
By Antonio Oburu Ondo, Minister of Hydrocarbons and Mineral Development, Equatorial Guinea ExxonMobil has concluded its operations in Equatorial Guinea after almost three decades, fulfilling its intention, stated in 2022, to leave when its...
Dangote Refinery Sourced 53% Local Crude in June, Aims for 100% by December
Arise News
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July 9, 2025
Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) expects Africa’s biggest refinery to rely totally on Nigerian crude by the end of the year, a move that would replace hundreds of thousands of barrels a day of imported oil, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The plant...
Climate Alarmists: Trump Wants to Turn America into ‘Pariah Petrostate’
Breitbart
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December 1, 2024
Climate change alarmists are rending their garments over President-elect Trump’s calls to return America to energy independence, warning he wants to turn the U.S. into a “pariah petrostate.” Donald Trump has put together a team “that will ramp up...
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...
Equatorial Coca-Cola to acquire Voltic Ghana, expand West Africa presence
Independent (Uganda)
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July 9, 2025
Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company production plant Accra, Ghana | THE INDEPENDENT | Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company has reached an agreement to acquire Voltic (GH) Limited and West African Refreshments Limited from Coca-Cola Beverages...
Advocates renew concerns with Haitian children potentially becoming ‘stateless’
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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The group says that led to children being held in “cage-like detention facilities or shipped off to untold destinations.” In Springfield, there are more than 1,200 American-born children of Haitian immigrants younger than 4, according to the Clark...
Coca-Cola Africa Restructures Bottling with ECCBC Deal
Liberian Observer
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Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company (ECCBC) and Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) have reached an agreement for ECCBC to acquire Voltic (GH) Limited (Voltic) and West African Refreshments Limited (WARL). Voltic is a subsidiary of CCBA and WARL...
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...
8 Countries Provide 44% Financial Buffer For Africa Energy Bank Kick Off
Leadership
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July 9, 2025
As the Africa Energy Bank (AEB) prepares to officially launch operations, eight countries have collectively provided a significant financial buffer, contributing 44 per cent of the required minimum contributions for the bank. The AEB, IS a $5...
Eminent persons gather for National Dialogue - Ockham Observer weekly news diary
Politicsweb
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Tuesday, 08 July 2025 08/07/25 iSERVICE Eminent persons gather for National Dialogue - Ockham Observer weekly news diary Ockham Communications | 7 July 2025 | 06 July 2025 President Ramaphosa’s Eminent Persons Group meets to set agenda for...
The Gambia 2026: A nation’s reckoning, a Republic reborn
The Standard Gambia
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July 8, 2025
- Advertisement - By Dr Lamin K Janneh I. Introduction: A nation’s reckoning The year 2026 stands as a crucible for the soul of The Gambia. It is not merely an election cycle, it is an existential referendum on whether our republic becomes a...
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...
On recent heatwave in Africa!
The Point
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Scientists from World Weather Attribution, the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, and Climate Central found that climate change had also doubled the number of heatwaves in the world. The research also identified 67 extreme heat events that...
Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company to acquire Voltic (GH) Limited and West African Refreshments Ltd.
Joy FM
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July 8, 2025
Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company (ECCBC) and Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) have reached an agreement for ECCBC to acquire Voltic (GH) Limited (Voltic) and West African Refreshments Limited (WARL). Voltic is a subsidiary of CCBA, and WARL...
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...
#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...