A report on Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Bight of Biafra

Gulf of Guinea map showing the Bight of Biafra.
Early map of Africa depicting a region named Biafra in present day Cameroon
Bamum script is a writing system developed by King Njoya in the late 19th century.
Portuguese rule in Equatorial Guinea lasted from the arrival of Fernão do Pó (Fernando Pó) in 1472 until the 1778 Treaty of El Pardo.
Map of the Spanish possessions in 1897, before the Treaty of Paris (1900).
Former president Ahmadou Ahidjo ruled from 1960 until 1982.
Borders after the agreement of 1900 on the land that would become Spanish Guinea, until the independence of 1968.
Paul Biya has ruled the country since 1982.
Corisco in 1910.
Unity Palace – Cameroon Presidency
Inaugural flight with Iberia from Madrid to Bata, 1941.
A statue of a chief in Bana, West Region
Centro Cultural de España (Cultural Centre of Spain) in Malabo.
President Paul Biya with U.S. President Barack Obama in 2014
Signing of the independence of Equatorial Guinea by the then Spanish minister Manuel Fraga together with the new Equatorial Guinean president Macías Nguema on October 12, 1968.
Military vehicles during a parade
Francisco Macías Nguema, first president of Equatorial Guinea in 1968 and became a dictator until he was overthrown in a coup d'état in 1979.
Cameroon is divided into 10 regions.
Obiang and U.S. president Obama with their wives in 2014.
Volcanic plugs dot the landscape near Rhumsiki, Far North Region.
Highway construction in Ciudad de la Paz in 2010. Ciudad de la Paz will be the future capital of Equatorial Guinea.
Elephants in Waza National Park
Presidential palace of Teodoro Obiang in Malabo.
School children in Cameroon
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Life expectancy in Cameroon
According to the BBC, President Obiang Nguema "has been described by rights organisations as one of Africa's most brutal dictators."
Dutch bulls and cows at Wallya community during the rainy season in Cameroon
An Antonov An-72P of the Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea on lift off.
Douala seaport
Köppen climate classification of Equatorial Guinea
Cameroonian women on Women's Day Celebration
A proportional representation of Equatorial Guinea exports, 2019.
The homes of the Musgum, in the Far North Region, are made of earth and grass.
Gepetrol Tower in Malabo 2013.
Map of the region's indigenous languages
Torre de La Libertad ("Freedom Tower").
Dancers greet visitors to the East Region.
Malabo International Airport (Aeropuerto de Malabo in Spanish), en Punta Europa, island of Bioko.
Plantains and "Bobolo" (made from cassava) served with Ndolè (meat and shrimp)
Evolution of the Equatoguinean population between 1960 and 2017. Population in thousands of inhabitants.
Cameroonian fashion is varied and often mixes modern and traditional elements. Note the wearing of sun glasses, Monk shoes, sandals, and a Smartwatch.
Equatorial Guinean children of Bubi descent.
A woman weaves a basket near Lake Ossa, Littoral Region. Cameroonians practise such handicrafts throughout the country.
Floral inscription with the name of the country in Spanish in Malabo.
Cameroon faces Germany at Zentralstadion in Leipzig, 17 November 2004.
Santa Isabel Cathedral in Malabo
Our Lady of Victories Cathedral, catholic church in Yaoundé
Ministry of Education, Science and Sports (Ministerio de Educación, Ciencia y Deportes in Spanish).
The port of Malabo.
Edition of the television magazine Malabeando at the Cultural Centre of Spain in Malabo.
Estadio de Bata in Bata.

It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south.

- Cameroon

Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean.

- Cameroon

A 1710 map indicates that the region known as "Biafra" (Biafra) was located in present-day Cameroon.

- Bight of Biafra

The mainland region, Río Muni, is bordered by Cameroon on the north and Gabon on the south and east.

- Equatorial Guinea

Countries located at the Bight of Bonny are Nigeria (eastern coast), Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko Island and Río Muni), and Gabon (northern coast).

- Bight of Biafra

In 1778, Queen Maria I of Portugal and King Charles III of Spain signed the Treaty of El Pardo which ceded Bioko, adjacent islets, and commercial rights to the Bight of Biafra between the Niger and Ogoue rivers to Spain in exchange for large areas in South America that are now Western Brazil.

- Equatorial Guinea

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