Equatorial Guinea
Facts and historical events related to Equatorial Guinea, drawn from the Provenance Africa archive and the On This Day collection.
- From today, if you're from Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia, and…
- Simon Mann, the British mercenary jailed for leading the 2004 attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea, died. (2025)
- By the way, in year 2022, the currency of these our African countries are still being printed by France: 🇧…
- It'll cost you US$49.67 to purchase just 1GB of data in Equatorial Guinea today, the world's priciest.
- Our hearts go out to the 107 persons that lost their lives and the 600 injured after accidental blasts at m…
- A series of explosions at a military barracks in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, killed more than 100 people. (2021)
- The 21 safest countries to travel to in Africa are: Angola Benin Botswana Cape Verde Djibouti Equatorial Gu…
- 1] In 2004 there was a coup attempt by hired foreign mercenaries to topple President Nguema of the oil-rich…
- Check out how much you'll have to spend to get 1GB mobile data in sub-Saharan Africa today. In Equatorial G…
- Mobile internet data are the most expensive in the following African countries: Equatorial Guinea $35.47 (f…
- D.R.Congo, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Sudan require citizens of ALL THE 54 African nations to apply fo…
- The world's largest frog, 'The Goliath Frog' is only found in Cameroon, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea.
- Combined years the presidents of: Zimbabwe, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Uganda, Gambia, and Angola have st…
- Mangue, son of Equatorial Guinea's president Teodoro Nguema, bought Michael Jackson's 'Bad Tour' glove for…
- Equatorial Guinea was under Portuguese rule from 1648 to 1778, then transferred to Spain by the treaties of…
- The Republic of Equatorial Guinea (Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial) is the only Spanish-speaking country in…
- But UNESCO's 2011 chat shows Equatorial Guinea with the highest literacy rate at 94%, with Zimbabwe at a di…
- Equatorial Guinea had just about 6,000 visitors in the whole of 2012.
- Oil-rich Equatorial Guinea has the highest annual GDP per person in Africa – US$17,500 per capita.
- The people of Equatorial Guinea are known as Equatoguineans. Equatoguinean is a demonym.
- President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea is Africa's longest serving leader and has been in pow…
- Francisco Nguema of Equatorial Guinea on Christmas, 1975 ordered 150 opponents executed in a soccer field t…
- Dictator Francisco Macias Nguema (1924–79) in 1978 changed Equatorial Guinea's motto to read: "There is no…
- Equatorial Guinea is the richest country in Africa with GDP per capita at $30,200. Botswana is 2nd, GDP of…
- An Antonov An-24 crashed near Baney in Equatorial Guinea, killing 60 people. (2005)
- Francisco Macías Nguema, the brutal first president of Equatorial Guinea whose regime killed or exiled a la… (1979)
- Equatorial Guinea gained independence from Spain. (1968)
- Cándido Muatetema Rivas, who became Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea, is born. (1960)
- Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has ruled Equatorial Guinea since 1979, was born. (1942)