The Secretary General of the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas presented a list of key priorities, which aims to set the tone in the lead up to the ACP Heads of State Summit to be held this December in Equatorial Guinea. Speaking to journalists Friday February 10th, Chambas [...]
Written on February 20, 2012 | Posted in
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The CEMAC Market Opportunity (CMO) conference that took place at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London in October was led by founding chairman Elizabeth Andony-Traore, and focused on potential investment within the region. The Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) is comprised of six countries located in Central Africa; Cameroon, Central African Republic, [...]
Written on November 29, 2011 | Posted in
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2010 saw the amount of countries in the African Union that have abolished the death penalty rise to 16 according to a report on global death penalty statistics published on the 28th March by the human rights group. Gabon was the sole country in the region to abolish the death penalty. Despite this progress there [...]
Written on April 12, 2011 | Posted in
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Equatorial Guinea is a tiny country of about half a million people on the west coast of Africa, but is the fourth-largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa. Most of the investment in the country’s multi-billion dollar oil industry comes from the United States. ExxonMobil, Hess and Marathon are all there. Right now, the U.S. imports [...]
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