Obiang receives African malaria alliance
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Realequatorialguinea
Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo received a delegation from the African Leaders Malaria Alliance and the RBM Partnership to End Malaria to discuss efforts against the disease. Talks covered initiatives in Malabo and the mainland region, according to Equatorial Guinea’s presidency.
Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo received a delegation from the African Leaders Malaria Alliance and the RBM Partnership to End Malaria on Tuesday 20 October 2026. The meeting focused on national and regional efforts to combat malaria, Realequatorialguinea reports.
ALMA board chair Aminata Cessouma praised the work being done in Malabo and in the mainland region of Equatorial Guinea. The delegation offered to support the country in implementing its national malaria elimination strategy by 2030.
Cessouma, RBM chair Charles Adekunle and the Partnership’s chief executive, Monique Ruyange, also discussed the need for sufficient resources to support efforts against the disease. Equatorial Guinea’s Minister of Health and Health Infrastructure, Mitoha Ondo’o Ayecaba, attended the meeting.
The meeting comes two days after Obiang called for stronger integration in Central Africa, in an item published on 18 October 2026.
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