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World AFP E.Guinea launches ICJ case against France over Paris mansion
Yahoo News
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Equatorial Guinea launched a case against France at the top United Nations court on Friday, the latest salvo in a long-running legal battle over a swanky Paris mansion confiscated by French authorities. The west African nation asked the...
E.Guinea launches ICJ case against France over Paris mansion
RTL Today
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Equatorial Guinea launched a case against France at the top United Nations court on Friday, the latest salvo in a long-running legal battle over a swanky Paris mansion confiscated by French authorities. The west African nation asked the...
U.S. deports eight to South Sudan after legal battle
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 7, 2025
The United States has deported eight people to South Sudan following a legal battle that saw them diverted to Djibouti for several weeks. The men, convicted of crimes including murder, sexual assault and robbery, had either completed or were near...
E. Guinea launches ICJ case against France
Dawn
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July 5, 2025
THE HAGUE: Equatorial Guinea launched a case against France at the top United Nations court on Friday, the latest salvo in a long-running legal battle over a swanky Paris mansion confiscated by French authorities. The west African nation asked the...
Africa’s freedom scorecard 2025: The most and least free countries on the continent
Business Insider Africa
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July 6, 2025
While some nations continue to deepen civil liberties and democratic norms, others are sliding further into authoritarian rule. According to the 2025 Freedom House report, freedom declined for the 19th consecutive year worldwide, reflecting a...
Controversial Engonga Faces 18-Year Jail Term
Switch TV
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July 3, 2025
MALABO — Baltasar Engonga, once a powerful figure in Equatorial Guinea’s government, is now at the centre of one of the country’s most explosive corruption trials in recent history. The 54-year-old former top official appeared in a Malabo...
Fans Agree Terence Crawford Isn’t ‘Beating Canelo’ as Ali’s Grandson Footage Goes Viral
Essentially Sports
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July 4, 2025
As each day passes, tension seems to be gripping boxing fans worldwide. On September 13, over a decade after the iconic Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao showdown, two modern-era legends, Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford, will step into...
US Deports Eight Convicted Criminals to South Sudan Despite Citizenship Concerns
Arise News
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July 6, 2025
The United States has deported eight individuals—convicted of serious crimes including murder, sexual assault, and robbery—to South Sudan, following a drawn-out legal battle and despite only one of them being a South Sudanese national. The...
US deports eight men to South Sudan after legal battle
BBC
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July 6, 2025
The US has deported eight people to South Sudan following a legal battle that saw them diverted to Djibouti for several weeks. The men - convicted of crimes including murder, sexual assault and robbery - had either completed or were near the end...
Baltasar Engonga faces over 18 years imprisonment as corruption trial begins
TUKO
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July 3, 2025
Baltasar Engonga became famous beyond the borders of Equatorial Guinea in 2024 after his private videos leaked The former director-general of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF) has been accused of serious crimes The...
Ex-Equitorial Guinea anti- corruption chief with 800 s3x tapes faces 18-year jail term
Nigerian Eye
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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...
Baltasar Engonga Faces Justice: S3x, Scandal and Stolen Millions
Face of Malawi
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July 3, 2025
Published on July 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM by Evance Kapito 147 words • approx. 1 min read Baltasar Ebang Engonga, a former senior government official in Equatorial Guinea and brother to the country’s long-serving President Teodoro Obiang Nguema...
Ex-E'Guinea anti-corruption chief with over 400 sextapes faces 18-year jail term
Punch
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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...
Baltasar Engonga sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for financial misconduct
Technext
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July 2, 2025
Former Director General of the National Agency for Financial Investigation of Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga Ebang, has been convicted and sentenced to 18 years imprisonment after being found guilty of embezzling over 1 billion CFA francs of...
Fouzi Lekjaa extends a hand to Algerian fans
Atalayar
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July 5, 2025
Political tension between Morocco and Algeria has been high in recent years due to political disagreements on very important issues such as sovereignty over Western Sahara, a territory claimed by the Moroccan kingdom. This political tension has...
Women's AFCON - Ranking all 12 teams... And number 1 may surprise you
ESPN Africa
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July 5, 2025
The 15th edition of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations, which takes place in Morocco from July 5-26, brings together the continent's premier sides as 12 teams vie for Africa's top prize. From defending champions South Africa to the most successful...
Has Trump taken leadership lessons from cold war-era Africa?
The Guardian
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July 5, 2025
Ever since Donald Trump returned to power, pundits have struggled to find apt analogies for his style of governance. Some liken his loyalty demands, patronage networks and intimidation tactics to the methods of a mafia don. Others cast him as a...
Sports Minister officially opens second edition of African Air-Badminton Championship
Ghana News Agency
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July 4, 2025
By Rihana Adam Accra, July 4, GNA – Mr Kofi Iddie Adams, the Minister of Sports and Recreation, on Thursday, July 3, 2025, officially opened the second edition of the African AirBadminton Championship held at the Laboma Beach Resort. The event...
Keep your America, Mr Trump, and we’ll keep our Africa
Al Jazeera
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July 4, 2025
On June 16, The New York Times disclosed that United States President Donald Trump is considering broadening his travel ban list to include as many as 36 additional countries, most of them African – including my country, Zimbabwe. Twelve days...
2024 WAFCON: Dates and how to watch the action in Morocco
Tribal Football
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The Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), formerly the African Women’s Championship, will get underway on Saturday, July 5th, in Morocco with South Africa’s Banyana Banyana seeking to defend the title they won in the last edition. A total of 12...