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Africa’s Oldest Oil-Rich Dictatorship Has a Succession Problem
(Bloomberg) — Two South African engineers working in Equatorial Guinea’s offshore oil fields were preparing to return home in February 2023 when they were arrested
Two South Africans detained in Equatorial Guinea
Two South Africans detained in a prison in Equatorial Guinea for over two weeks still face no formal charges despite Pretoria’s attempts to negotiate their release.
The Dictator's Son Wanted His Yacht Back. That's When Trouble Started for Two Oilmen. -- WSJ
Vice President Teodorin “Teddy” Nguema Obiang was in a mood for payback.
Black Beach hell | Carte Blanche
In 2013, Daniel Janse van Rensburg was illegally detained for more than 400 days in one of Equatorial Guinea’s worst prisons.
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Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham released after more than two years in unlawful detention in Equatorial Guinea Pretoria, South Africa, 21 June 2025 – The families of Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham...
Human Rights Day reminder: More must be done to free Frik and Peter from Equatorial Guinea Pretoria, 19 March 2025 – As South Africa marks Human Rights Day on 21 March, the families of Frik Potgieter...
Press release from the families of Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham 15,000 voices for justice: Families to hand over petition demanding urgent action Pretoria, 24 February 2025 – The families of Frik...
Pretoria, 9 February 2025 – Two years after their sudden and unlawful arrest, South African engineers Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham remain imprisoned in Equatorial Guinea, despite international...
The families of Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, the two South African engineers who have been illegally imprisoned in Equatorial Guinea since 9 February 2023, are deeply grateful to the South African...
The men’s psychological and physical health is a serious concern Johannesburg, 11 December 2024 – The families of the two innocent South Africans, Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, unlawfully detained...
• Families appeal to attending Equatorial Guinean government representatives to consider clemency for Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, who have been unlawfully imprisoned in that country for 634 days...
The families of Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, the two South African engineers who have been illegally imprisoned in Equatorial Guinea since 9 February 2023, are deeply grateful to the South African...
Lamola champions government diplomacy, yet critics question SA’s commitment to African democracy International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola has boasted several times recently that...
Parliament to call Minister of International Relations to account for actions taken to release two SA engineers illegally imprisoned in Equatorial Guinea Families desperate for urgent SA Government...
Families of detained South African engineers call for their release from E. Guinea It’s been over a year since two South African engineers were jailed in Equatorial Guinea. The UN says they are...
Equatorial Guinea’s president wants his son’s properties back before releasing Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, but the villas were seized in execution of a court order. Two South African oil...
United Nations: imprisonment of two South Africans in Equatorial Guinea unlawful, calls for their immediate release 508 days of arbitrary detention is a grave violation of international human rights...
One year on, South African engineers still languishing in jail in Equatorial Guinea Families of two South African engineers, Frederik (Frik) Potgieter and Peter Huxham who have been jailed in...
Families plead for release of SA engineers held in Equatorial Guinea The families of South African engineers Frederik Potgieter, 54, from George, and Peter Huxham, 55, from Langebaan, continued to...
Anguished families believe ICJ case shows SA has power to get two engineers released from Equatorial Guinea The families of two South African engineers detained in Equatorial Guinea a year ago believe...
ENGINEERS DETAINED IN EQUATORIAL GUINEA: GOVERNMENT URGED TO HELP GEORGE NEWS – The families of Frik Potgieter (53) from George and Peter Huxham (55) from Langebaan, are pleading with the South...
Government urged to help bring SA engineers held in Equatorial Guinea home The families of two South African engineers have appealed to government to help bring the two men home for Christmas, nearly...
Families of unlawfully convicted engineers plead with Dirco to ramp up bilateral efforts It has been more than nine months since Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham were arrested on fabricated charges in...
Political vendetta suspected as two South African engineers languish in Equatorial Guinea Prison on ‘trumped up’ charges The family of two South African engineers locked up in Equatorial...