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Clashes in Equatorial Guinea as government

Malabo - Muslimchronicle

Clashes were reported in Equatorial Guinea near the border with Cameroon on Wednesday, shortly after the West African state said it had thwarted a coup against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Africa's longest-serving leader. Government troops had shot dead a "mercenary" and "used gunfire to disperse them in the forests along the border", state television TVGE said, without specifying how many "mercenaries"Read more

E.Guinea troops shoot dead 'mercenary' in clashes

Malabo - Muslimchronicle

Troops in Equatorial Guinea shot dead a "mercenary" during clashes Wednesday near the border with Cameroon, state television reported, hours after an official said the government had thwarted a coup against President Teodoro Obiang. TVGE, the official news channel in the tiny west African nation, said security forces had killed "a mercenary... and used gunfire to disperse them (others) inRead more

E.Guinea president says war being prepared against him

Malabo - Muslimchronicle

The president of Equatorial Guinea said a war is being organised against his regime, days after a government official warned of a "destabilisation attempt". A "war" is being prepared "because they say I have spent a lot of time in power," President Teodoro Obiang Nguema said Saturday, without saying who he was referring to. On Wednesday neighbouring Cameroon arrested aRead more

Economic-Social Council discusses boosting intra-Arab trade

Cairo - Musimchronicle

Regulating intra-Arab goods traffic in addition to a host of other economic issues are on top of discussions at the Arab Economic-Social Council's Economic Committee meeting which started in the Arab League premises here on Monday. The committee meeting, where the UAE Ministry of Economy is represented by Mohamed Saleh Shalwah, Advisor to the Minister of the Economy, also addressedRead more

Bashir, Kiir hold talks on sidelines of Arab-African summit

Khartoum - Arab Today

Sudanese President Omar al Bashir met his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir Mayardit on the sidelines of the Arab-African Summit in Equatorial Guinea. Speaking to the Sudanese Akhbar al Youm newspaper out Thursday, Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour said the two leaders discussed relations between the two countries during the meeting. They also probed means of implementing previously agreed-upon decisionsRead more