A report on Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and CFA franc

Usage of:
West African CFA franc (XOF)
Central African CFA franc (XAF)

Portuguese rule in Equatorial Guinea lasted from the arrival of Fernão do Pó (Fernando Pó) in 1472 until the 1778 Treaty of El Pardo.

Bamum script is a writing system developed by King Njoya in the late 19th century.

Map of the Spanish possessions in 1897, before the Treaty of Paris (1900).

Borders after the agreement of 1900 on the land that would become Spanish Guinea, until the independence of 1968.

Former president Ahmadou Ahidjo ruled from 1960 until 1982.

Paul Biya has ruled the country since 1982.

Inaugural flight with Iberia from Madrid to Bata, 1941.

Centro Cultural de España (Cultural Centre of Spain) in Malabo.

A statue of a chief in Bana, West Region

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.

President Paul Biya with U.S. President Barack Obama in 2014

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.

Obiang and U.S. president Obama with their wives in 2014.

Highway construction in Ciudad de la Paz in 2010. Ciudad de la Paz will be the future capital of Equatorial Guinea.

Volcanic plugs dot the landscape near Rhumsiki, Far North Region.

Presidential palace of Teodoro Obiang in Malabo.

According to the BBC, President Obiang Nguema "has been described by rights organisations as one of Africa's most brutal dictators."

An Antonov An-72P of the Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea on lift off.

Dutch bulls and cows at Wallya community during the rainy season in Cameroon

Köppen climate classification of Equatorial Guinea

A proportional representation of Equatorial Guinea exports, 2019.

Cameroonian women on Women's Day Celebration

The homes of the Musgum, in the Far North Region, are made of earth and grass.

Map of the region's indigenous languages

Malabo International Airport (Aeropuerto de Malabo in Spanish), en Punta Europa, island of Bioko.

Dancers greet visitors to the East Region.

Evolution of the Equatoguinean population between 1960 and 2017. Population in thousands of inhabitants.

Plantains and "Bobolo" (made from cassava) served with Ndolè (meat and shrimp)

Equatorial Guinean children of Bubi descent.

Cameroonian fashion is varied and often mixes modern and traditional elements. Note the wearing of sun glasses, Monk shoes, sandals, and a Smartwatch.

Floral inscription with the name of the country in Spanish in Malabo.

A woman weaves a basket near Lake Ossa, Littoral Region. Cameroonians practise such handicrafts throughout the country.

Cameroon faces Germany at Zentralstadion in Leipzig, 17 November 2004.

Ministry of Education, Science and Sports (Ministerio de Educación, Ciencia y Deportes in Spanish).

Our Lady of Victories Cathedral, catholic church in Yaoundé

Edition of the television magazine Malabeando at the Cultural Centre of Spain in Malabo.

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

CFA francs are used in fourteen countries: twelve nations formerly ruled by France in West and Central Africa (excluding Guinea and Mauritania, which withdrew), plus Guinea-Bissau (a former Portuguese colony), and Equatorial Guinea (a former Spanish colony).

- CFA franc

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

- Equatorial Guinea

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- CFA franc

Its currency is the CFA franc.

- Cameroon

On 1 January 1985, the country became the first non-Francophone African member of the franc zone, adopting the CFA franc as its currency.

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Country on the west coast of Central Africa.

The Battle of Gabon resulted in the Free French Forces taking the colony of Gabon from Vichy French forces, 1940

President George W. Bush welcomes President Omar Bongo to the Oval Office, May 2004

Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic, his wife Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama in 2014

Prime Minister of Gabon Julien Nkoghe Bekale and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi in October 2019

U.S. Navy Captain is greeted by Gabonese Army

Gabon map of Köppen climate classification

A proportional representation of Gabon exports, 2019

Change in per capita GDP of Gabon, 1950–2018. Figures are inflation-adjusted to 2011 International dollars.

Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo on the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west.

Gabon is a member of the United Nations (UN) and some of its specialized and related agencies, and of the World Bank; the IMF; the African Union (AU); the Central African Customs Union/Central African Economic and Monetary Community (UDEAC/CEMAC); EU/ACP association under the Lomé Convention; the Communaute Financiere Africaine (CFA); the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC); the Nonaligned Movement; and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS/CEEAC).