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Czech musician set to perform in Kent detained, sent back to Prague
Akron Beacon Journal - Ohio
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Jaroslav Skuta said he was detained for several hours before being denied entry into the U.S. Skuta, 35, attended Kent State University on a scholarship in 2019. Skula has returned to northern Ohio several times to perform. A Czech clarinetist...
Czech musician set to perform in Ohio detained, sent back to Prague
The Daily Record - Ohio
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Jaroslav Skuta said he was detained for several hours before being denied entry into the U.S. Skuta, 35, attended Kent State University on a scholarship in 2019. Skuta has returned to northern Ohio several times to perform. A Czech clarinetist...
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...
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 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...
Liberia’s Ambassador-Designate to Nigeria Vows to Pursue Oil & Gas Opportunities for Liberia’s Benefit
Front Page Africa
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July 8, 2025
Ballout, a former Senator of Maryland County, was recently nominated by President Joseph Boakai to serve as Liberia’s Ambassador to Nigeria. Monrovia, Liberia – The Ambassador-Designate to Nigeria, John Ballout, has pledged to prioritize economic...
Southern cooperation, myth and redemption
Pressenza
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July 8, 2025
Between October 12, 1492, and the end of the second millennium, Western expansionism had a major influence on the global community. European empires, which originated in countries poor in raw materials, developed a system for finding natural...
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...
Keith Mweemba hints at Fashion Sakala Return next month
Mwebantu
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July 2, 2025
ELEVEN days before the Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAfCON) in Morocco, skipper Barbra Banda has assured fans that the team will make the nation proud. Zambia is making a return to the WAfCON and will be looking to build on the success of 2022...
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...
Freed engineers held in Equatorial Guinea for two years begin journey to 'recovery'
IOL
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THE families of two South African engineers who were locked up in an Equatorial Guinea’s Mongomo Prison for two years have asked for privacy following the release of Frederik ‘Frik’ Potgieter, 53, and Peter Huxham, 55, at the weekend. The two were...
Engineers Frik Potgieter, Peter Huxham released from detention in Equatorial Guinea
Engineering News
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South African engineers Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, who had been detained in Equatorial Guinea since February 9, 2023, have been released and are back in South Africa, their families confirmed on June 21. Their release follows a pardon from...
SA men freed after two years in Equatorial Guinea jail
Cape Town ETC
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June 22, 2025
After spending over two years locked up in an Equatorial Guinean prison under controversial circumstances, South Africans Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham have finally made it back to home soil, bringing a traumatic international ordeal to a close....
Ordeal ends for SA engineers unlawfully detained in Equatorial Guinea
BusinessLIVE
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The families of Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham have confirmed that the two South African engineers unlawfully detained in Equatorial Guinea since February 9 2023 have been released and are back in SA. “Their release follows a pardon from the...
Engineers unlawfully detained in Equatorial Guinea released
Times LIVE
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The families of Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham confirmed on Saturday that the two South African engineers, who had been unlawfully detained in Equatorial Guinea since February 9 2023, have been released and are back in South Africa. “Their...
South African engineers granted clemency by Equatorial Guinea's President
IOL
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Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, has confirmed that Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the President of Equatorial Guinea, has granted clemency for the two South African engineers imprisoned for drug trafficking...
SA engineers unlawfully jailed in Equatorial Guinea are ‘safely back home’
The Citizen (South Africa)
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June 22, 2025
Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham were detained for more than two years after being accused of drug trafficking. Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, the two South African engineers who spent more than two years in jail in Equatorial Guinea, have...
Families hail release of South African engineers from Equatorial Guinea prison after two years
IOL
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The two South African engineers who were locked up in an Equatorial Guinea’s Mongomo Prison for two years, have finally been released. Frederik ‘Frik’ Potgieter, 53, and Peter Huxham, 55, were arrested at their hotel in Malabo in Equatorial Guinea...
Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea Reaffirm Commitment On GOGGP Project Treaty
New Telegraph
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June 18, 2025
Share Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea have signed a joint communiqué outlining the roadmap for the implementation of the Gulf of Guinea Gas Pipeline (GOGGP) Project Treaty. The communique was signed by the Minister of State Petroleum Resources...
Armwrestling African Championship: Over 400 athletes, officials from 20 countries set to storm Abuja
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 7, 2025
The countdown is real — just 16 days to the biggest show of strength Africa has ever seen! From July 23–27, 2025, Abuja will become the battleground for elite warriors as the 14th African Armwrestling Championship and 7th Para-Armwrestling...