Equatorial Guinea

PM to flag off first locomotive for export to Guinea on June 20 in Bihar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the first locomotive manufactured at the Marhowrah factory in Bihar for export to the Republic of Guinea on June 20, the Railway Ministry said on Wednesday. "On June 20, 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the first locomotive being exported to the Republic of Guinea," said Dilip Kumar, Executive Director of Information and Publicity, Railway Board. The Marhowrah facility will supply 150 locomotives worth more than Rs 3,000 crore for SimFer's Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, Africa, in three years. According to Kumar, 37 locomotives will be delivered in the current financial year, 82 in the next, and the remaining 31 in the third year. All locomotives will feature air-conditioned cabins and will be capable of hauling 100 wagons in pairs at maximum permissible speed, he said. The ministry noted that three types of tracks -- broad gauge, standard gauge and cape gauge -- have been laid at the Marhowrah factory for manufactur

At least 11 dead, 88 badly injured after massive fuel depot blast in Guinea

An explosion and inferno at Guinea's main fuel depot in the capital of Conakry left at least 11 people dead and more than 80 seriously injured, authorities said Monday, as the West African country awaited help from other nations and the death toll was expected to rise. The massive explosion sparked the fire at the Guinean Petroleum Company depot after midnight Sunday, Guinea's presidency said. It caused significant damage in the heart of the Kaloum administrative district, home to most government offices. At least 88 people sustained serious injuries, said Lt Col Jean Traor, technical director of Guinea's Civil Protection Service. This assessment is only provisional, he told reporters. It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion at the depot that supplies most of the fuel in Guinea. The depot had been in the process of being relocated to a remote site in a bid to avoid such a disaster. There are now fears of a major supply disruption as the country relies on imported ...

Travel advisory issued against Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, Tanzania

The disease is passed on to people from fruit bats and is from the same virus family responsible for the deadly Ebola

Equatorial Guinea's president Obiang can extend rule to half a century

Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasago won another seven-year term, garnering 95% of the vote

At least 20 dead, more than 600 wounded in Equatorial Guinea blasts

A series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 600 others on Sunday, authorities said

Here are a few stories of how Ebola helped Africa prepare for coronavirus

Ebola prompted the World Health Organization to change its emergency response structure, rapid laboratory testing and changing the design of treatment centres

'Set up business in 4 days': Equatorial Guinea beckons Indian investments

"Concerns over human rights violations are unfounded and global investments have risen as the nation offers setting up a business within just 4 days," says Manuel Mbela Bama Ndong