By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Real Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and First Lady Constancia Mangue de Obiang arrived in Paris on 9 November to take part in the 9th Peace Forum. The trip follows the head of state's participation in the Russia-Africa summit in Moscow in late October, according to Real Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo travelled to Moscow on 26 October to attend the third Russia-Africa summit and its economic and humanitarian forum on 28 and 29 October, according to Real Equatorial Guinea. Radio Macuto reports that he defended local processing, diversification and his “Horizon 2035” programme, while denouncing the export of raw resources. The outlet criticises the speech, however, and contrasts it with Equatorial Guinea’s social situation.
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Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo called for better coordination between gas-producing and gas-consuming countries and the development of regional projects to industrialise Africa. In Moscow, he also advocated better access to finance and technology for developing countries, according to Real Equatorial Guinea.
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Equatorial Guinea’s Agriculture Ministry has six months to launch a cocoa-processing plant, initially intended to produce cocoa paste, according to Real Equatorial Guinea and Ahora EG. Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue also secured a 10% reduction in the prices of two agricultural inputs, according to Real Equatorial Guinea.
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The Equatorial Guinean government inaugurated a tuna factory, the Annobón Hotel and military housing in Annobón at a ceremony chaired by Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, according to Real Equatorial Guinea and Ahora EG. The facilities are part of a programme of 48 projects worth about 348 billion CFA francs. Ahora EG also reports the launch of work on a second desalination plant, planned to produce 800,000 litres of water per day.
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Equatorial Guinea plans three archaeological museumsThe Equatorial Guinean government plans to create museums in Malabo, Bata and La Ciudad de Paz to preserve archaeological discoveries from Corisco. The collections include ceramics dating from 50 BC to AD 1200, according to cultural officials meeting in Malabo.
Cameroon sets municipal and legislative elections for 7 February 2027Cameroon President Paul Biya has summoned registered voters for municipal and legislative elections on 7 February 2027. The presidential decree, made public on 9 November 2026, sets the timetable for the two national elections, reports Journal du Cameroun.The week in Africa
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