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1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état: Government of Equatorial Guinea: Supreme Military Council: Defeat. Coup attempt successful; Francisco Macías Nguema is imprisoned and executed on September 29, 1979; 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt: Equatorial Guinea: Private mercenaries Victory. Coup plot fails; Coup plotters arrested in ...
Evolution of Spanish possessions and claims in the Gulf of Guinea (1778–1968). Map of Spanish possessions in the Gulf of Guinea in 1897, before the Treaty of Paris (1900). Borders after the agreement of 1900 on the land what would become Spanish Guinea (now Equatorial Guinea). A 1903 stamp of Spanish Guinea Corisco in 1910.
Equatorial Guinea, [a] officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, [b] is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. It has an area of 28,000 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi). Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name refers to its location near both the Equator and in the African region of Guinea.
The 1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état happened on August 3, 1979, when President Francisco Macías Nguema's nephew, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, overthrew him in a bloody coup. Fighting between loyalists and rebels continued until Macías Nguema was captured fleeing for Cameroon on August 18.
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The invasion of Obegu (in Igboland) was the last major Aro offensive before the start of the Anglo-Aro War. In November 1901, the British launched the Aro Expedition and after strong Aro resistance, Arochukwu was captured on December 28, 1901. By early 1902, the war was over and the Aro Confederacy collapsed.
Equatorial Guinea: Contested islands in Corisco Bay, valuable for their oil. [22] [23] Several islands in the Congo River Republic of the Congo DR Congo: Most of the boundary in the Congo River remains undefined. [24] An island in the Ntem River Cameroon Equatorial Guinea [25] Several villages near the Okpara River Benin Nigeria
Equatorial Guinea attributes deficiencies to excessive zeal on the part of local authorities and promises better control and sensitization. U.S. Government policy involves constructive engagement with Equatorial Guinea to encourage an improvement in the human rights situation and positive use of petroleum funds directed toward the development ...