A report on Cameroon, Gabon 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.

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

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

Former president Ahmadou Ahidjo ruled from 1960 until 1982.

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

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.

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

Inaugural flight with Iberia from Madrid to Bata, 1941.

A statue of a chief in Bana, West Region

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

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

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

U.S. Navy Captain is greeted by Gabonese Army

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.

Gabon map of Köppen climate classification

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.

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

A proportional representation of Gabon exports, 2019

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

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

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."

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.

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.

Map of the region's indigenous languages

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.

Our Lady of Victories Cathedral, catholic church in Yaoundé

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

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

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

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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Central Africa

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

Abéché, capital of Wadai, in 1918 after the French had taken over

French explorer Paul Du Chaillu confirmed the existence of Pygmy peoples of central Africa

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.

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.

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.

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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