A report on Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea

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.

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

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Gabon

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Country on the west coast of Central Africa.

Country on the west coast of Central Africa.

A map of West Africa in 1670
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
Independence Day celebration in Gabon
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
Beach scene in Gabon
A proportional representation of Gabon exports, 2019
Change in per capita GDP of Gabon, 1950–2018. Figures are inflation-adjusted to 2011 International dollars.
Crowd on beach in Gabon
Libreville
People in Libreville
A Gabonese mask

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.

Membership of ECCAS

Central Africa

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Subregion of the African continent comprising various countries according to different definitions.

Subregion of the African continent comprising various countries according to different definitions.

Membership of ECCAS
Congo Basin
The Kanem and Bornu Empires in 1810
Abéché, capital of Wadai, in 1918 after the French had taken over
Lunda town and dwelling
Kongo in 1711
French explorer Paul Du Chaillu confirmed the existence of Pygmy peoples of central Africa
Fishing in Central Africa
UN Macroregion of Central Africa
Art from Cameroon
ECCAS/CEMAC state, part of Middle Africa
ECCAS state, part of Middle Africa
ECCAS state only

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, and São Tomé and Príncipe are members of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS).

Economic Community of Central African States

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Economic Community of the African Union for promotion of regional economic co-operation in Central Africa.

Economic Community of the African Union for promotion of regional economic co-operation in Central Africa.

The treaty became effective in 1966 after it was ratified by the then five member countries—Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of Congo, and Gabon.

Equatorial Guinea joined the Union on 19 December 1983.

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

CFA franc

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Name of two currencies, the West African CFA franc, used in eight West African countries, and the Central African CFA franc, used in six Central African countries.

Name of two currencies, the West African CFA franc, used in eight West African countries, and the Central African CFA franc, used in six Central African countries.

Usage of:
 West African CFA franc (XOF)
 Central African CFA franc (XAF)
West African CFA franc coins
Central African CFA franc coins
A 1 CFA franc coin.
500 West African CFA francs.
1000 West African CFA francs.

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).

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Gulf of Guinea map showing the Bight of Biafra.

Bight of Biafra

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Bight off the West African coast, in the easternmost part of the Gulf of Guinea.

Bight off the West African coast, in the easternmost part of the Gulf of Guinea.

Gulf of Guinea map showing the Bight of Biafra.
Early map of Africa depicting a region named Biafra in present day Cameroon

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

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

Biya in 2014

Paul Biya

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Biya in 2014
Biya and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in September 2002
Biya with U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1986
Biya with U.S. President George W. Bush in 2003
Biya with U.S. President Barack Obama in 2014
Secretary Kerry greets President Biya 2014
Ahidjo in July 1982, three months before he resigned.
US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with Biya and his wife Chantal, 2009
Bayero Fadil with Paul Biya, 2020
Biya and his wife Chantal at the opening of CAN 2021 on January 09, 2022

Paul Biya (born Paul Barthélemy Biya'a bi Mvondo; 13 February 1933) is a Cameroonian politician who has served as the president of Cameroon since 6 November 1982.

"Tyrants, the World's 20 Worst Living Dictators", by David Wallechinsky, ranked Biya together with three other leaders in sub-Saharan Africa: Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea, and King Mswati of Swaziland.

Igbo people

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The Igbo people (, also ; also spelled Ibo and formerly also Iboe, Ebo, Eboe, Eboans, Heebo;

The Igbo people (, also ; also spelled Ibo and formerly also Iboe, Ebo, Eboe, Eboans, Heebo;

Bronze from the ninth century town of Igbo Ukwu, now at the British Museum
An Igbo man with facial scarifications, known as ichi, early 20th century
Three Igbo women in the early 20th century
Flag of the Republic of Biafra (1967–1970), sometimes regarded as the ethnic flag of the Igbo
Anklet beaten from a solid brass bar of the type once fashionable among Igbo women. Now in the collection of Wolverhampton Art Gallery. The leg-tube extends approx 7 cm each side of the 35 cm disc.
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is the most popular and renowned novel that deals with the Igbo and their traditional life.
Thatching with palm leaf mats, early 20th century
Traditional Igbo house/room from the Anambra area, 1967
Wooden sculpture of Ikenga, an Alusi, in the Musée du Quai Branly.
The Holy Ghost depicted as a dove on a relief in Onitsha
A modern Igbo wedding, Nnewi, Nigeria
Men wearing contemporary Isiagu with the ceremonial Igbo men's hat okpu agu
striped men's hat
Yam porridge (or yam pottage) is an Igbo dish known as awaị.
Igbo people celebrating the New Yam festival in Dublin, Ireland

Large ethnic Igbo populations are found in Cameroon, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea, as well as outside Africa.

Map of Africa with OHADA member states in green. Other states of sub-Saharan Africa are dark gray. The Democratic Republic of Congo, an OHADA candidate state, is dark green.

OHADA

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System of corporate law and implementing institutions adopted by seventeen West and Central African nations in 1993 in Port Louis, Mauritius before it was revised in 2008 in Quebec, Canada.

System of corporate law and implementing institutions adopted by seventeen West and Central African nations in 1993 in Port Louis, Mauritius before it was revised in 2008 in Quebec, Canada.

Map of Africa with OHADA member states in green. Other states of sub-Saharan Africa are dark gray. The Democratic Republic of Congo, an OHADA candidate state, is dark green.

Cameroon

Equatorial Guinea