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Artisanal fishing workers demand ten months of unpaid wages in Equatorial Guinea

By , based on Diario Rombe

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Employees on Equatorial Guinea’s artisanal fishing development project say they have not been paid for ten months and denounce two years of work without contracts. They plan to deliver an ultimatum to the Minister of the Environment, Blue Economy and Water Resources, Juan Nkó Mbula, while PROCONST S.L., a company linked to him according to Diario Rombe, reportedly receives 80.28 million CFA francs a year for Sipopo’s street lighting.

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