Equatorial Guinea

The UN's health agency on Thursday declared an end to a nearly four-month epidemic of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, saying the disease, a cousin of Ebola, had caused 35 confirmed or suspected deaths.…

For the first time, the world is seeing two simultaneous outbreaks of the Marburg virus – one in Equatorial Guinea, the other in Tanzania. The Marburg virus is just as deadly as Ebola, to which it is closely…

Issued on: 27/11/2022 - 12:14 Confirmed for a sixth term as president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has ruled oil-rich Equatorial Guinea since August 1979, overseeing a…

Issued on: 20/09/2022 - 05:14 Equatorial Guinea, one of the world’s most authoritarian countries, has abolished the death penalty, state television announced on Monday citing…

Issued on: 26/01/2022 - 23:48 Equatorial Guinea continued their giantkilling run as they reached the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 6-5 penalty shootout victory…

Issued on: 17/01/2022 - 00:30 Equatorial Guinea inflicted a first defeat in 36 games on Algeria on Sunday to leave the reigning champions in serious danger of a group-stage exit from…

Issued on: 12/01/2022 - 19:08 Ivory Coast are one of the favourites to win the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) in Cameroon, boasting some of the continent's top talent, in the shape…

Issued on: 29/07/2021 - 15:14 Six French soldiers were detained at the Bata airport in Equatorial Guinea on Thursday morning while stopping to refuel their helicopter, according to…

Issued on: 28/07/2021 - 14:49 France's highest appeal court on Wednesday upheld a guilty verdict against the son of Equatorial Guinea's president for embezzlement, paving the way for…