Devon Energy Sells Oil and Gas Business in Equatorial Guinea for $2.2 Billion.
ENERGY RESOURCE-8 April 2008-Devon Energy Sells Oil and Gas Business in Equatorial Guinea for $2.2 Billion(C)2008 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Devon Energy Corporation, the largest U.S.-based independent oil and gas producer, has agreed to sell its oil and gas business in Equatorial Guinea for $2.2 billion. The buyer...

Independence Day of Equatorial Guinea.
TODAY is the Independence Day of Equatorial Guinea. Equatorial Guinea is located in Central Asia. It is bordered by Cameroon on the north, Gabon on the south and east, and the Gulf of Guinea on the west, where the island nation of Sao TomA[c] and Principe is...

At the crossroads.
In two years time, Cameroon will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of its independence. Those with long memories will recall that Cameroon became a nation in January 1960 amid a great deal of uncertainty--under new leadership in the capital Yaounde on one hand, and a civil conflict rumbling in...

How China is speaking in figures: China has an African trade target of US$100bn by 2010. Here Regina Jere-Malanda tabulates how Chinese investment figures in Africa stand out, proving that China looks at Africa as a business opportunity and partner, not a charity case as has been seen with Western economic deals.
There is no doubt China is investing heavily in Africa for its own survival too. With its economy growing at a runaway speed in the past two decades, Chinas demand for raw materials is also growing exceedingly fast. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Today, the country consumes a...

Africa's natural resources.
Africa is rich in natural resources, such as minerals. Competition for control of those resources, however, is often the root cause of conflicts. Use the information provided to create a resource map. You might choose to show which countries produce diamonds, for instance, or petroleum. Don't forget to include...

Accord on legislative cooperation with E. Guinea praised.
Various sectors hailed yesterday the signing last Wednesday by Speaker Jose de Venecia of a cooperation agreement between the Philippine House of Representatives and the National Parliament of Equatorial Guinea, led by its president, Dr. Salomen Nguema Owowno, to strengthen parliamentary relations and exchanges between the two legislatures. ...

Africa: the mercenaries must be stopped! Cameron Duodu on the abortive attempt to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea by mercenaries. He wants Africa to send out a clear message that the continent will not tolerate interference in its affairs by any latter-day incarnations of Cecil Rhodes.
For hundreds of years, Africa has been seen by many Westerners not as the place of abode of sacred creatures like themselves, but as the supine depository of rich minerals. Plus, of course, in much earlier times, the source of human beings as a saleable commodity. [ILLUSTRATION...

Kenya jetliner crashes; 115 people aboard.
Byline: TANSA MUSA YAOUNDE, May 5 (Reuters) -- A Kenya Airways passenger plane bound for Nairobi with 115 people on board crashed in southern Cameroon Saturday shortly after takeoff, the central African country's state radio said. The radio said the plane had crashed near Niete,...

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
Status: President of Equatorial Guinea. Reputation: Blood-and-oil-soaked dictator of one of the most corrupt, ethnocentric, oppressive and anti-democratic states in the world. Cervantes in Don Quixote has the protagonist imagine a man called Alifanfaron, who is 'a fevered pagan ... Lord of the Great Island...

On the future of global energy.
Energy is the greatest concern of our future. The rising living standards of a growing world population will increase global energy consumption dramatically over the next half century. The challenge for science, and particularly for the discipline of chemistry, is to meet this energy need in a secure, sustainable,...