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Africa News Live Updates: Two South African engineers released from Equatorial Guinea after two years in detention
Firstpost
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July 4, 2025
Africa News Live Updates: Welcome to our live blog covering the latest from across Africa. Follow real-time updates on political transitions, security and peacekeeping operations, regional integration efforts, economic innovation, climate impacts,...
Ex-Equatorial Guinea anti-corruption chief with over 400 sextapes faces 18-year jail term
The Citizen (Nigeria)
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July 3, 2025
The embattled former Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga, is set to face 18 years imprisonment after he appeared in the Malabo court for his corruption trial. Engonga had been...
Equatorial Guinea’s Baltasar Ebang facing 18-year jail sentence
Daily Trust
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July 3, 2025
Former Director-General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Agency for Financial Investigation (ANIF), Baltasar Engonga Ebang, is on trial for alleged financial misconduct. The trial began Monday, June 30 and it involves several officials of a...
Equatorial Guinea Sextapes: Baltasar Engonga risks 18 years jail term
Premium Times
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July 3, 2025
Remember Baltasar Ebang Engonga? The Equatorial Guinean who went viral in November after explicit sex videos involving him and multiple women surfaced online has returned to the spotlight, this time over allegations of financial fraud. On 7...
Prosecutors Seek 18-Year Jail Term For Ex-Equatorial Guinea Anti-Corruption Chief, Engonga
The Will
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July 3, 2025
July 03, (THEWILL) — A former Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF) in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga Edjo, may spend the next 18 years behind bars as his high-profile corruption trial continues at a court in...
Baltasar Engonga: Controversial Equatorial Guinea Gov’t ex-official with over 400 sextapes faces 18 years in jail
TV47
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July 3, 2025
Baltasar Engonga, a controversial former government official in Equatorial Guinea, is facing a potential 18-year prison sentence following his appearance in a Malabo court on Monday, June 30, for a corruption trial. The 54-year-old economist by...
Former Equatorial Guinea anti-corruption chief faces 18-year jail term amid embezzlement trial, sextape scandal
Prompt News Online
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July 3, 2025
Baltasar Engonga, the former Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency, is facing an 18-year prison sentence following his appearance in a Malabo court over serious corruption allegations. Engonga has been in...
Baltasar Engonga: Ex-Equatorial Guinea Anti-graft Chief With Over 400 Leaked S3xtapes Faces 18-year Jail Term
Naija News
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July 3, 2025
The former Director-General of the National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga, is facing a possible 18-year prison sentence as his corruption trial continues before a court in Malabo. Naija News reports that...
Baltasar Egonga: Controversial Equatorial Guinea govt official sentenced to 18 years in prison for embezzlement
The Standard
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Baltasar Egonga Ebang [Courtesy] Baltasar Engonga Ebang, the former Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Agency for Financial Investigation, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for embezzling over Sh 230 million (1 billion CFA...
Catholic Church’s Role in Education, Healthcare Discussed at Pope Leo XIV’s Audience with Equatorial Guinean President
ACI Africa
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July 2, 2025
Vatican, 02 July, 2025 / 4:46 pm (ACI Africa). The Catholic Church’s role in promoting formal education and healthcare in Equatorial Guinea was one of the topics discussed during the June 28 meeting between Pope Leo XIV and the President of the...
Harambee Stars to warm up for 2024 CHAN in Arusha
NTV Kenya
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Harambee Stars to warm up for 2024 CHAN in Arusha After naming a 30-man provisional squad for the delayed 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN), Kenya has now shifted its focus to preparing for the 19-team tournament reserved for players plying...
Pope Leo XIV receives the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Vatican News
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June 28, 2025
Pope Leo XIV receives the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, in the Vatican on Saturday, who subsequently met with the Holy See's Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations,...
Full List Of Countries Tinubu Has Travelled To Since 2023
Naija News
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July 4, 2025
However, the frequency and perceived cost of these travels have drawn criticism from opposition voices and concerned Nigerians, especially against the backdrop of rising economic hardship at home. Naija News understands that among the most vocal...
Free Frik and Peter: George engineer released after two years in Equatorial Guinea
George Herald
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June 26, 2025
Their relieved families confirmed their release on the evening of Saturday 21 June. Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham are home safely. The Minister of International Relations, Ronald Lamola, and the two men's family members, gave them a hero's...
Equatorial Guinea releases arbitrarily detained South Africa engineers
JURIST
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June 23, 2025
Engineers Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham returned home to South Africa on Sunday after serving more than two years in prison in Equatorial Guinea on seemingly arbitrary drug trafficking charges, according to a 2024 conclusion of the UN Working...
SA engineers released from Equatorial Guinea jail after diplomatic push and presidential clemency
IOL
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Two South African engineers, Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, have returned home after spending more than two years in prison in Equatorial Guinea on what their families and government officials have described as trumped-up drug charges. The pair...
Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea Sign Deal to Advance Joint Natural Gas Pipeline Project
Pipeline Technology Journal
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June 24, 2025
Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea have signed a joint communiqué, moving closer to implementing the Gulf of Guinea Gas Pipeline (GOGGP) project treaty, which aims to bolster regional energy cooperation and economic development. The agreement,...
SBM Offshore engineers released from prison in Equatorial Guinea
Splash 247
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June 24, 2025
Two SBM Offshore engineers, detained for more than two years in Equatorial Guinea, have returned home over the weekend after receiving a presidential pardon. The two engineers, Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham of South Africa, were arrested in...
SA engineers freed from Equatorial Guinea jail after diplomatic push
The Citizen (South Africa)
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June 24, 2025
South African engineers jailed on drug charges in Guinea have been released after diplomatic interventions and presidential clemency. The government’s behind-the-scenes diplomacy and engagements with the government of Guinea – including visits by...
South African engineers released from Equatorial Guinea prison
Mail & Guardian
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June 23, 2025
Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham were jailed for more than two years after Vice-president Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue’s assets were seized in Cape Town South African engineers Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, detained for more than two years on...