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SA engineers freed from Equatorial Guinea jail after diplomatic push
The Citizen (South Africa)
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June 24, 2025
South African engineers jailed on drug charges in Guinea have been released after diplomatic interventions and presidential clemency. The government’s behind-the-scenes diplomacy and engagements with the government of Guinea – including visits by...
Equatorial Guinea releases arbitrarily detained South African engineers
JURIST
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June 23, 2025
Engineers Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham returned home to South Africa on Sunday after serving more than two years in prison in Equatorial Guinea on allegedly arbitrary drug trafficking charges, according to a 2024 conclusion of the UN Working...
South African engineers released from Equatorial Guinea prison
Mail & Guardian
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June 23, 2025
Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham were jailed for more than two years after Vice-president Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue’s assets were seized in Cape Town South African engineers Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, detained for more than two years on...
Engineers Frik Potgieter, Peter Huxham released from detention in Equatorial Guinea
Engineering News
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South African engineers Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, who had been detained in Equatorial Guinea since February 9, 2023, have been released and are back in South Africa, their families confirmed on June 21. Their release follows a pardon from...
Freed engineers held in Equatorial Guinea for two years begin journey to 'recovery'
IOL
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THE families of two South African engineers who were locked up in an Equatorial Guinea’s Mongomo Prison for two years have asked for privacy following the release of Frederik ‘Frik’ Potgieter, 53, and Peter Huxham, 55, at the weekend. The two were...
South Africa Welcomes Release of Citizens from Detention in Equatorial Guinea
South Africa Today
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June 23, 2025
The South African government has welcomed the release of two of its citizens, Peter Shane Huxham and Frederic Potgieter, from detention in Equatorial Guinea following a presidential pardon. The two engineers, who work in the oil and gas industry,...
Engineers unlawfully detained in Equatorial Guinea released
Times LIVE
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The families of Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham confirmed on Saturday that the two South African engineers, who had been unlawfully detained in Equatorial Guinea since February 9 2023, have been released and are back in South Africa. “Their...
South African engineers freed after two years in Equatorial Guinea jail
BBC
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June 22, 2025
Two South African engineers have returned home after spending more than two years in jail in Equatorial Guinea on what the UN has called "arbitrary and illegal" drugs charges. Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, both in their mid-50s, were arrested...
Ordeal ends for SA engineers unlawfully detained in Equatorial Guinea
BusinessLIVE
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The families of Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham have confirmed that the two South African engineers unlawfully detained in Equatorial Guinea since February 9 2023 have been released and are back in SA. “Their release follows a pardon from the...
South African engineers granted clemency by Equatorial Guinea's President
IOL
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Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, has confirmed that Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the President of Equatorial Guinea, has granted clemency for the two South African engineers imprisoned for drug trafficking...
SA engineers unlawfully jailed in Equatorial Guinea are ‘safely back home’
The Citizen (South Africa)
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June 22, 2025
Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham were detained for more than two years after being accused of drug trafficking. Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, the two South African engineers who spent more than two years in jail in Equatorial Guinea, have...
Families relieved after SA engineers freed from prison
East Coast Radio
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Peter Huxham and Frik Potgieter were arrested in February 2023 after authorities in that country claimed drugs were found in their luggage. The families have, for the last two years, been fighting for their release. Last year, the United Nations...
Families hail release of South African engineers from Equatorial Guinea prison after two years
IOL
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The two South African engineers who were locked up in an Equatorial Guinea’s Mongomo Prison for two years, have finally been released. Frederik ‘Frik’ Potgieter, 53, and Peter Huxham, 55, were arrested at their hotel in Malabo in Equatorial Guinea...
Oil Workers Detained in Equatorial Guinea Return to South Africa
Mint
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June 22, 2025
(Bloomberg) -- South African contractors jailed in Equatorial Guinea after working in the country’s offshore oil fields returned home on Saturday following more than two years of detention. Peter Huxham and Frik Potgieter, both South African...
2 SA men unlawfully detained in Equatorial Guinea return home after presidential pardon
Eye Witness News
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JOHANNESBURG - Two South African men who were unlawfully detained in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea for more than two years have returned home following a presidential pardon. Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham were arrested by Equatorial Guinean...
Govt welcomes release of two South Africans in Equatorial Guinea
SABC News
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June 22, 2025
The South African government has welcomed the release of two South African nationals from detention in Equatorial Guinea. This release follows the granting of clemency by the President of Equatorial Guinea. Peter Shane Huxham and Frederic...
BACK HOME AT LAST! – SA engineers freed after 860 days in Equatorial Guinea hellhole
African Insider
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June 22, 2025
Frik and Peter have been released! After more than two years of wrongful detention in Equatorial Guinea, the two innocent South African engineers, Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, are finally home! Frik and Peter were returned to their families...
Free after 2 years in foreign prison: SA engineers back on home soil
Polokwane Review & Polokwane Observer
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After enduring more than two harrowing years behind bars in Equatorial Guinea, Frik Potgieter, from George, and Langebaan resident Peter Huxham have finally returned to South African soil. The two men, who were detained in Equatorial Guinea on 9...
Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea Reaffirm Commitment On GOGGP Project Treaty
New Telegraph
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June 18, 2025
Share Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea have signed a joint communiqué outlining the roadmap for the implementation of the Gulf of Guinea Gas Pipeline (GOGGP) Project Treaty. The communique was signed by the Minister of State Petroleum Resources...
Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea seal pact on Gulf of Guinea gas pipeline project
The Sun Nigeria
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June 19, 2025
By Adewale Sanyaolu and Adanna Nnamani, Abuja Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea have signed a joint communiqué outlining the roadmap for the implementation of the Gulf of Guinea Gas Pipeline (GOGGP) Project Treaty. The communique was signed by the...