By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Real Equatorial Guinea
Illustrative image · Tima Miroshnichenko · Pexels · Licence PexelsEquatorial Guinea’s National Statistics Institute is recruiting mapping technicians to prepare for the fifth general population and housing census and the first agricultural census. Applications must be submitted by 9 November 2026, by email or at the institute’s headquarters in Malabo, according to INEGE.
Equatorial Guinea’s National Institute for the Promotion and Development of Enterprises is launching the first national bootcamp on exporting services in Malabo from 2 to 6 November. The training targets small businesses and entrepreneurs under an EU-funded regional programme worth €6.2 million, Real Equatorial Guinea reports.
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Teodoro Obiang’s regime is threatening legal action against Africa 24 and its director general Constant Nemale after the announcement of programmes critical of Equatorial Guinea. Malabo is demanding that the programmes stop, a right of reply and a correction, while also claiming ownership of the channel, according to the regime’s statement dated 22 October 2026.
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Equatorial Guinea has completed in Malabo its first national workshop for personnel working at borders under the African Continental Free Trade Area. Supported by the United Nations Development Programme and the AfCFTA secretariat, the training aims to strengthen the application of trade procedures, according to Equatorial Guinean authorities.
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Equatorial Guinea’s Minister Delegate for Finance, Milagrosa Obono Angüe, presented the 2027 state budget proposal to the Senate, along with the 2025 accounts and the budget execution report for the first half of 2026. Revenue in 2025 reached 1,213,017 million CFA francs and expenditure 1,250,433 million, while the first half of 2026 recorded a provisional surplus of 82,681 million, according to the government.
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Suspect arrested after Malabo Cathedral fireEquatorial Guinea’s police have arrested Severo Oburu Ekong Afang, 54, suspected of trying to set fire to Malabo Cathedral on 1 October. Worshippers and security staff had put out the flames before they caused significant damage, according to a police report cited by Real Equatorial Guinea.
Attaf delivers Tebboune message to Déby on Sahel securityAlgerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf handed Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno a written message from Abdelmadjid Tebboune. The meeting in N’Djamena focused on relations between Algeria and Chad as well as security issues in the Sahel, according to Journal du Niger.The week in Africa
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