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Younde, Guinea| Xinhua | Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has reported 11 Marburg deaths, according to the country’s state-run Equatorial Guinea Press and Information Office. Deputy Health Minister Justino Obama Nve made the announcement during a plenary of the Senate Tuesday. He said 1,418 cases have been …
Read More »Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea puts WHO on alert
The pathogen is extremely rare but has an mortality rate of as high as 90% Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | The deadly Marburg virus has reached Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea, with a total of 17 cases confirmed in the countries. Marburg virus which can cause internal bleeding and kidney failure …
Read More »Nytil gets deal to manufacture uniforms for Equatorial Guinea army
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni on Thursday flagged off the export of military consignments manufactured by Southern Ranger Nyanza Limited (Nytil)to Equatorial Guinea. The consignment included 5,400 cartons of army uniforms and accessories for the Equatorial Guinea army manufactured in Uganda. The items were first displayed to President …
Read More »Uganda starts exports of army uniform to Equatorial Guinea
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja today flagged off the export of military consignments to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea at Entebbe Airbase. The consignment included 5,400 Cartons of Armed Forces Uniforms and accessories manufactured by Southern Range Nyanza Ltd …
Read More »Africa CDC helps Equatorial Guinea respond to Marburg virus outbreak
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has announced the deployment of a team of experts in Equatorial Guinea to help the country respond to a Marburg virus disease outbreak. The announcement came after the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare …
Read More »Voting begins in Equatorial Guinea elections
Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | Voters in Equatorial Guinea went to the polls on Sunday morning to elect their next president and representatives in both parliamentary chambers. Polling centers across the country opened at 8 a.m. local time for more than 400,000 eligible voters expected to cast their votes and will close …
Read More »UPDF investigates purported revolt threats from army contingent in Equatorial Guinea
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lt-Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Commander of the Land Forces in the Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF has ordered the repatriation of some UPDF officers from the Ugandan contingent in Equatorial Guinea behind the rumour that some soldiers were planning a revolt against their top commander. Last …
Read More »Equatorial Guinea: 20 dead, 600 injured in explosions
Yaounde, Cameroon | XINHUA | Explosions in the Equatorial Guinean city of Bata on Sunday were caused by accident, and the latest casualty count showed at least 20 people were killed and 600 others injured, according to the country’s authorities. Sunday afternoon, at the Nkoatama military camp in Bata, explosives …
Read More »Equatorial Guinea’s president to mark 40 years in power
Libreville, Gabon | AFP | Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema will celebrate forty years in power on Saturday, highlighting his status as Africa’s longest-serving head of state. Since he seized control in a 1979 military coup, rights groups have described Obiang Nguema, 77, as one of the continent’s most brutal …
Read More »Equatorial Guinea struggles for place in world tourism
Sipopo, Equatorial Guinea | AFP | Gleaming but eerily empty, the luxurious Sipopo resort with its five-star hotel and exclusive facilities rises from a tropical beach, symbolising the dilemma of Equatorial Guinea — a notoriously closed country that has turned to tourism to help fill its coffers. The purpose-built town was …
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