From the widespread outbreak of Mpox (formerly called monkeypox) in 2022, to the evolving bird flu situation, to recent cases of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, Covid-19 isn't dominating the headlines as much as it used to. Instead, we've been regularly hearing about outbreaks of newly emerging or re-emerging

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Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease after positive tests, following the deaths of at least nine people in the country's western Kie Ntem province.

The presence of the viral haemorrhagic fever has seen the health ministry deploy advanced teams in the affected districts to trace contacts, isolate and provide medical care to people showing symptoms of the disease.

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Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo was re-elected president of Equatorial Guinea for his sixth term with 95% of the vote. Nguema has led the country's authoritarian regime for 43 years.

Equatorial Guinea, with around 1.5 million people, has had only two presidents since independence from Spain in 1968. Obiang ousted his uncle Francisco Macias Nguema in a coup in 1979. The president has a strong grip on the oil-rich central African nation, with family members in key government roles.

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About 425,000 Equatorial Guineans were eligible to vote in the election, in which 80-year-old President Teodoro Obiang is being challenged by Buenaventura Monsuy and Essono Ondo Andress. The country will also hold parliamentary and local elections.

Obiang's government is accused of conducting widespread abuse of critics and using the country's oil to enrich the president. The plan to run for the sixth time has been criticized by civil society groups, opposition groups and

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Equatorial Guinea has announced that it will close its London embassy after the UK sanctioned Vice President Téodore Obiang, 53, the son of President Theodoro Obiang, for alleged corruption. The UK government alleges that the younger Obiang misappropriated more than ¤425 million ($500 million), spending it on mansions, private jets and a ¤233,000 ($275,000) glove covered in crystals that Michael Jackson wore during his 1987-89 "Bad" tour. Obiang's assets were frozen and he is barred

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Over 105 people have died from injuries sustained in a series of explosions, Equatorial Guinea's health ministry said after volunteers searched the rubble for bodies. The new death toll is more than triple the earlier estimate of 31 killed in the Sunday afternoon blasts at a military complex in the coastal city of Bata. At least 615 people were injured, the health ministry wrote on Twitter, citing the vice-presidency. Four explosions rocked the Central African country's largest city and main

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The Mozambican Attorney-General's Office has not withdrawn accusations of bribery against the Abu Dhabi based group, Privinvest, which is at the heart of the scandal of Mozambique's hidden debts. Privinvest said payments made to President Filipe Nyusi in the run-up to his election and to the ruling Frelimo party were allowed under Mozambican law,

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Rights group, Human Rights Watch has called on authorities in the country to urgently investigate the deaths of more than 50 people in the political and intercommunal violence that ensured during the October 31, 2020 presidential elections, calling for the prosecution of those responsible. President Alassane Ouattara was re-elected for a third term with a reported 94% of the vote in the controversial election, which the main opposition parties boycotted. The rights group has said that security

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Equatorial Guinea has agreed to hold back the construction of a controversial border wall with Cameroon after talks between the two countries' defense ministers in Yaoundé.  The two sides also agreed once again to withdraw troops from their disputed border after deadly clashes left at least seven people dead.

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The International Monetary Fund has approved loans for Equatorial Guinea after a French court convicted Vice President Teodorin Nguema Obiang, son of President Teodoro Obiang, of laundering more than €150 million in France two years ago - this despite rights groups asking for a delay in the issuing of the loans.

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