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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04HARARE445 |
SOUTH AFRICAN TAKE ON THWARTED COUP ATTEMPT [...] (c) Ambassador and DCM met with South African Ambassador Jeremiah Ndou on March 11 to exchange perspectives on the detention of 70 purported mercenaries in Harare on March 7. Ndou provided a list of names, nationalities and passport numbers and confirmed that all 70 had been resident in South [...] |
2004-03-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PINS ASEC ZI EK |
| 04MADRID1831 |
SPAIN: DISAPPOINTED BUT STILL ENGAGED AFTER [...] (C) Spanish MFA officials were upset that Equatorial Guinean President Obiang allowed the opposition Convergence for Social Democracy Party (CPDS) to pick up only a handful of seats in the April 25 legislative elections. Citing serious voting irregularities, Spanish officials concluded that t [...] |
2004-05-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EK SP |
| 04MADRID825 |
EQUATORIAL GUINEA: SPANISH MFA ON ALLEGED COUP [...] (C) President Obiang has demanded that Spain extradite to Equatorial Guinea a political opponent who resides in Madrid, Severo Moto, accused of sponsoring an alleged coup plot uncovered this week. MFA has received no official request, and would not transfer Moto if one were received. MFA [...] |
2004-03-10 16:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SP EK |
| 04PARIS9146 |
FRANCE AND CENTRAL AFRICA (SOUTH) [...] (C) SUMMARY. France continues to seek solutions for the crisis in the Great Lakes through policies designed to support DRC President Kabila and the transition process and to block Rwandan interference in Congolese affairs. France's history in the Rwandan genocide complicates their ability to [...] |
2004-12-28 10:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BY CF CG CT EK GB RW TP ZF XA |
| 04YEREVAN2565 |
CIVAV: ARMENIA REGISTERS AIRLINES OPERATING [...] (C) The November 26, 2004 sentencing of six Armenians (a pilot and crew) in Equatorial Guinea for aiding the overthrow of President Obiang's government (reftel) is a reminder about the business-end of Armenia's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on airline registration. Armenia's Directorate of C [...] |
2004-11-30 10:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL AM EK |
| 06LIBREVILLE222 |
GOG EXPERT ON EG-GABON BOUNDARY NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Advisor Michel Biang reports the GoG and GREG will renew ministerial level maritime boundary negotiations May 2 in New York. The GoG is no longer optimistic about an expeditious resolution. Biang fears that declining Gabonese oil production will [...] |
2006-04-06 14:29:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET GB EK |
| 06LIBREVILLE515 |
COMMENTS ON GABON-EG BORDER DISPUTE MEDIATION [...] (C) On August 2, MFA Legal Advisor Michel Biang gave DCM his perspective on the status of efforts to resolve the Gabon-Equatorial Guinea border dispute before UNSG Annan's mandate concludes. He said that the Geneva meeting of heads of state in June was to convene under joint French and Spanis [...] |
2006-08-07 14:26:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET GB EK |
| 06LIBREVILLE580 |
SECRET EG-GABON BOUNDARY MEDIATION FAILS [...] (C) According to MFA Legal Advisor Michel Biang, the draft schedule for EG President Obiang's September 8 visit to Libreville included the surprise signing of a maritime boundary agreement. Biang said the deal, which he did not see until a short time before Obiang's arrival, gave EG most of t [...] |
2006-09-11 12:36:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET GB EK |
| 06LIBREVILLE598 |
PRESS ACCUSES INTERIOR MINISTER OF TREASON AFTER [...] (U) Gabonese Minister of State for the Interior Andre Mba Obame has been under heavy attack by Libreville media since the failure of his effort to promote a Gabon-EG boundary agreement (reftel). On September 13 the government-controlled daily newspaper Union carried a rare front-page editoria [...] |
2006-09-19 13:53:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OIIP OPRC GB EK |
| 06LIBREVILLE627 |
MBANIE-GATE KEEPS GABON-EQUATORIAL GUINEA BORDER [...] (U) The failed effort to conclude a Gabon-EG maritime boundary agreement in early September (Ref A) continues to dominate the headlines in Gabon; it is now known as the "Mbanie-gate" scandal. Foreign Minister Ping held a press conference on September 29 to explain the history of the border di [...] |
2006-10-12 11:53:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EPET GB EK |
| 06MAPUTO1229 |
MOZAMBIQUE RESPONSE TO USITC INFORMATION REQUEST [...] (U) The primary contact at Embassy Maputo for additional information and follow-up is Brooke Williams, Economic/Commercial Officer. She may be reached via email at WilliamsBLATstate.gov or at 258-21-492797, extension 3422. Ms. Williams is happy to conduct additional research and to provide U [...] |
2006-09-26 10:33:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ETRD ASEC EK PU SE XA MZ |
| 07ACCRA464 |
REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR RICARDO ECUA-MBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Accra hereby refers Ricardo Ecua-Mba to the U.S. Resettlement Program, together with his son, both of whom took refuge in Ghana in 2000. Ecua-Mba is the former Vice Minister of Education and Assistant Director General of the military cabinet of Equatorial Guinea. In 19 [...] |
2007-02-27 16:00:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF GH EK |
| 07LIBREVILLE167 |
GABON REACTS TO EQUATORIAL GUINEAN ACCUSATIONS ON [...] (U) On April 16 the GoG publicly responded to GREG accusations that the Gabonese have obstructed the UN mediation effort on the Gabon-EG border dispute. Para 3 contains an informal translation of the Gabonese statement. 2. (C) During an April 12 meeting with Ambassador, Vice Prime Minister [...] |
2007-04-18 14:18:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET EK GB |
| 07LIBREVILLE226 |
STP PRESIDENT TURNING TO EG [...] (C) Sao Tome and Principe (STP) is one of the world's poorest countries, with over sixty per cent of the budget coming from foreign assistance. During the six years he has been in office, Fradique de Menezes (STP's president) has relied on off-budget or "backdoor" funding from Taiwan and Nige [...] |
2007-05-14 15:42:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GB EK |
| 07LIBREVILLE29 |
GABON BUYS USED MIRAGES FROM SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) Gabon has purchased at least 3 Dassault Mirage F1-AZ fighters from South Africa's Aerosud and Paramount group, which apparently has acquired all of the remaining SAAF F1 airframes. The planes are approximately 30 years old but were upgraded in the 90s and are reported to be in excellent c [...] |
2007-01-18 12:00:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP SF GB EK |
| 07YAOUNDE497 |
NOBLE ENERGY BRIEFS BIYA ON EXPLORATION PLANS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. President Paul Biya on April 18 told Charles Davidson, the visiting president and CEO of U.S. energy exploration company Noble Energy, that he welcomed U.S. investment in Cameroon in all sectors. Biya committed his government's full support to Noble and all other U.S. investor [...] |
2007-04-18 16:21:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL CM EK |
| 08BEIJING1237 |
April 1 MFA Press Briefing: Tibet Protests, Olympics, Hu [...] Key points at the April 1 MFA Press Briefing were: -- The Dalai Lama continues to incite unrest and undermine the Olympic Games. -- Foreign officials who boycott the Olympic Games are "flattering themselves" and undermining their country's interest. -- China blocks websites which contain [...] |
2008-04-01 11:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KOLY CH TW JP KS EK TC NZ |
| 08BEIJING1248 |
CORRECTED COPY (PARA 11: NIMITZ) April 1 MFA Press [...] Key points at the April 1 MFA Press Briefing were: -- The Dalai Lama continues to incite unrest and undermine the Olympic Games. -- Foreign officials who boycott the Olympic Games are "flattering themselves" and undermining their country's interest. -- China blocks websites which contain [...] |
2008-04-02 09:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KOLY CH TW JP KS EK TC NZ |
| 08COTONOU630 |
USITC STUDY ON BENIN: EFFECTS OF INSTRASTRUCTURE CONDITIONS [...] Per reftel, Post provides the following: -- AmEmbassy Cotonou's contact for this subject study (pending the arrival of a Pol/EconOff) is Mr. Marius C. Lotsu, the Economic/Commercial Assistant. His contact details follow: U.S. Embassy; 01B.P. 2012 Cotonou, Benin Rue Caporal Bernard Anani; E-ma [...] |
2008-10-03 09:15:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ETRD ASEC EK PU SE XA BN |
| 08KINSHASA174 |
Demarche delivered in Kinshasa - Situation in Chad [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 19 to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the DRC. 2. Matondo noted that the DRC currently holds the Presidency of the Economic Community of Central African [...] |
2008-02-19 15:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AO BY CF CM CT EK GB PREL TBIO CG |
| 08KINSHASA254 |
CEEAC summit condemns attempts to overthrow Chadian [...] A special two-day summit of the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) in Kinshasa March 10-11 condemned armed attempts to destabilize the Chadian government and reiterated its support for the government and people of Chad. The summit, organized by the DRC as holder of the CEEAC' [...] |
2008-03-14 06:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AO AU BY CD CG CM CT GB EK TP SU |
| 08LIBREVILLE564 |
GABON: FRENCH GENERAL DESCRIBES STRENGTHS, [...] (C) The senior French military officer in Central Africa provided visiting AF/C Deputy Director Siria Lopez with a tour d'horizon of French military perspectives on activities of the Economic Community of Central Africa States (ECCAS/CEEAC), including ECCAS's 700-person peacekeeping operation [...] |
2008-12-01 15:41:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM AO BY CM CT CD CG CF EK GB |
| 08MALABO135 |
MALABO DELIVERS MONEY TO BACK SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FUND [...] (U) Summary: The Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea delivered eight checks to three Ministers to begin eight priority projects to be financed under the Social Development Fund Program of the Government of Equatorial Guinea. Attending the November 17, 2008 event were the Prime Minister, th [...] |
2008-11-20 00:29:00 | Embassy Malabo | UNCLASSIFIED | EK XA |
| 08STATE105747 |
INFORMATION REQUEST FROM NATION OF INTEREST FOR [...] This is an action cable; see para. 5. Background ---------- 2. Under recent changes to the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (Moratorium Protection Act) contained in the Magnuson Stevens Reauthorization Act (MSRA), the Dept. of Commerce is required to produce a bien [...] |
2008-10-02 21:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV ETRD EK |
| 08STATE125369 |
DEMARCHE REQUEST: UN RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE,S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Summary: Department requests Embassy Malabo to reach out to appropriate interlocutors to convey USG concern with the findings of UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak. The Department recognizes the [...] |
2008-11-26 15:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI EK |
| 09ABUJA1116 |
NIGERIA: WEAPONS LADEN PLANE IMPOUNDED IN KANO; [...] (SBU) A Ukrainian aircraft said to be "fully loaded" with 18 crates of weapons was impounded by a Nigerian military intelligence unit at Kano's Aminu Kano International Airport shortly after 4:00 AM on June 17. The plane, an Antonov 12 with registration number MEM 4-060 and tail number UR-CAK, [...] |
2009-06-19 13:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PINR PGOV MASS NI EK HR |
| 09ADDISABABA327 |
AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Chair Mohamed Chambas February 2 on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter thanked ECOWAS for its principled stand against the coup in Guinea and the two discussed e [...] |
2009-02-06 05:57:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GV EK ECOWAS AU |
| 09DOHA128 |
QATAR BELIEVES USG IRAN POLICY HURTING DOHA'S GAS [...] (C) EEB DAS Doug Hengel met February 16 with Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah. Also attending the meeting for Qatar were Minister of State for Energy and Industry Dr. Mohammad Al-Sada, Minister Al-Attiyah's Office Director Abdulaziz Al-Malki, and QP Director of Oi [...] |
2009-02-19 04:51:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ETTC PREL QA IR RU EK BL VE |
| 09LIBREVILLE211 |
CEEAC/ECCAS PURSUES AMBITIOUS AGENDA [...] (U) The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS, or French acronym "CEEAC") is the least developed of Africa's major regional organizations with responsibility for peace and security issues. CEEAC is nevertheless pursuing an ambitious agenda that includes oversight of a peacekeepi [...] |
2009-05-14 16:23:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MASS GB TP CD CG CF AO BY EK CM |
| 09LIBREVILLE416 |
GABON: PRESIDENT-ELECT BONGO'S WHISTLE STOP REGIONAL TOUR [...] (U) Gabon's President-elect Ali Bongo Ondimba has spent the last several days visiting heads of state in the Central Africa region. On September 11, Bongo met with Cameroonian President Paul Biya in Yaounde and President Denis Sassou Nguessou in Congo-Brazzaville. On September 12, he was receiv [...] |
2009-09-15 11:32:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM AO CD CF CG CM EK GB |
| 09LIBREVILLE460 |
GABON: ALI BONGO INSTALLATION, IMPLICATIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Ali Bongo Ondimba, the son of former President Omar Bongo who ruled Gabon for 41 years, will be formally inaugurated as the country's fourth president on October 16. The Constitutional Court's validation of the August 30 election results on October 11 and Bongo's installation end [...] |
2009-10-15 15:18:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GB EK |
| 09LIBREVILLE47 |
CENTRAL AFRICAN LEADERS CONFRONT ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] SUMMARY: The heads of state of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) met in Libreville to discuss regional implications of the current world economic crisis and to plan concerted measures to deal with the crisis. Also on the agenda were the estimated USD 584 million inves [...] |
2009-02-06 09:17:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID ECIN GB CM CT CD CF EK ZF |
| 09MALABO13 |
MALABO: ATTACK IN THE VICINITY OF PRESIDENTIAL PALACE [...] In the early morning hours of February 17, 2009, an apparent attack was launched in the vicinity of the Presidential Palace in Malabo, Equatorial Guineas. While reports remain sketchy, at least two speedboats with armed attackers were apparently engaged by EG military before dawn. Gunfire, t [...] |
2009-02-17 08:59:00 | Embassy Malabo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL EK CASC PGOV PINR |
| 09MALABO31 |
EQUATORIAL GUINEA RAW 5: HOW IT WORKS -- WHY IT SOMETIMES [...] (U) Triggered by changes underway in Washington D.C., upcoming personnel rotations in Embassy Malabo and animated by the recent attack on the capital, this is the fifth in a series of cables intended to update our perspective on Equatorial Guinea, and to provide a ground-level view of one of t [...] |
2009-03-30 12:41:00 | Embassy Malabo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV EPET KCOR PINR SOCI EK |
| 09MALABO33 |
EQUATORIAL GUINEA REITERATES ASSISTANCE REQUEST FOR JUSTICE [...] (SBU) Minister of Justice Salvador Ondo Nkumu contacted CDA to appeal once again for U.S. assistance on justice reform, asking for specific help in creating capacities for forensic pathologists and crime scene investigation, which do not currently exist within the EG justice system. The m [...] |
2009-04-14 12:04:00 | Embassy Malabo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS EK EAID |
| 09MALABO41 |
NEW OFFFICE OF DEMOCRACY ISSUES GENERATES ACTION PLAN, [...] (U) In March CDA met with the Third Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) for Political Affairs, Demetrio Elo Ndong Nsefumu, at DPM's request, to discuss possible US assistance for an Action Plan generated by the recently-created Office of Democracy (OD) within his bureau. The Plan intends to strengthen [...] |
2009-05-10 16:35:00 | Embassy Malabo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EK EAID |
| 09MALABO42 |
AFTER NOWAK -- SETTING THE BAR FOR EQUATORIAL GUINEA [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 8. 2. (U) Our policy of gradual engagement with EG went off the rails late last year following the November 2008 visit and resulting press statement by UN Special Rapporteur Nowak (REF A). Nowak indicated the EG's use of tortur [...] |
2009-05-12 11:53:00 | Embassy Malabo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS EAID EK |
| 09MALABO43 |
EQUATORIAL GUINEA: ADDITIONAL STEPS TAKEN TO REFORM JUSTICE [...] (SBU) On Sunday, May 16 Minister of National Security Obama Nchama called A/COM to say the dissuasive measures taken by Equatoguinean security forces (increased patrols, identity checks, police and military presence around key installations) had been effective in mitigating the recent threat of [...] |
2009-05-19 10:25:00 | Embassy Malabo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR EAID EK PREL PTER |
| 09MALABO47 |
REPORTS OF DEATH OF EITI IN EQUATORIAL GUINEA GREATLY [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see para 13 below 2. (SBU) On May 19, we met with Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Coordinator (and Vice Minister of Economy) Francesca Tatchoup to discuss the state of play. From her perspective things are gener [...] |
2009-05-20 15:34:00 | Embassy Malabo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG KCOR EK PGOV PINR |
| 09MALABO48 |
EQUATORIAL GUINEA RAW, PAPER 6: REFINING OUR APPROACH [...] (U) Triggered by changes underway in Washington D.C., upcoming personnel rotations in Embassy Malabo and animated by the recent attack on the capital, this is the final in a series of cables intended to update our perspective on Equatorial Guinea, and to provide a ground-level view of one of th [...] |
2009-05-21 17:29:00 | Embassy Malabo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PHSA ENRG EPET EK KCOR ECON SOCI |
| 09MALABO57 |
ICRC RELAUNCHES PRISON VISIT PROGRAM IN EQUATORIAL GUINEA [...] (SBU) On Thursday, June 18 and Friday, June 19, two senior officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) successfully reinstituted a program of prison visits in Equatorial Guinea. In March of 2008 the ICRC suspended such visits when it determined that some of the agreed-upon [...] |
2009-06-22 13:46:00 | Embassy Malabo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR PGOV PREL EK |
| 09STATE60554 |
EQUATORIAL GUINEA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] |
2009-06-11 22:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG EK |
| 10MALABO16 |
EQUATORIAL GUINEA: AU SUMMIT PARTICIPATION [...] MFA Director General of International Organizations Angel Mokara Moleila informed Poloff on 22 January that Equatorial Guinea's delegation to the AU Summit will consist of: --President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo --Minister of Foreign Affairs Pastor Micha Ondo Bile --MFA Vice Minister Eustaquio N [...] |
2010-01-22 16:46:00 | Embassy Malabo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP AORC EK |
| 10PARISFR204 |
UNESCO-OBIANG PRIZE FOR LIFE SCIENCES [...] In October 2008, UNESCO's Executive Board approved creation of the UNESCO-Obiang Nguema Mbasogo International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences. The action was controversial. EU members with support from the United States delegation objected to naming a prize after a noted human rights [...] |
2010-02-22 10:23:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC PHUM UNESCO XA EK |