1. Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, president of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, said this when receiving credentials from the DPRK ambassador to Equatorial Guinea on May 24.

2. Pyongyang, April 20 (KCNA) –– Kim Chun Bong was appointed as the DPRK ambassador e.p. to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, according to a decree of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People‘s Assembly.

3. With a path–breaking public–private coalition, solid science, better statistics and precise financing, with the coordination of the right countries and partners and above all with the leadership." The funding commitments announced Thursday include: $1.1 billion from the World Bank for a scale–up of the Malaria Booster Program; $168.7 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to fund research on a new generation of malaria vaccines; $2 million from Ted Turner‘s United Nations Foundation to deliver insecticide–treated bed nets to more than 630,000 people in African refugee camps; and $100 million from a coalition of corporations, including a $28 million commitment from Houston–based Marathon Oil Corp. to extend its malaria prevention program across the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.