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  Lists of office-holders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Colonial Heads of the Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Colonial Heads of Equatorial Guinea (Fernando Póo/Spanish Guinea)
Colonial Heads of Port Cresson and Bassa Cove
hallencyclopedia.com /Lists_of_office-holders   (1452 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea: A dismal record of broken promises
The current repression in Equatorial Guinea is one more chapter in a long history of human rights violations endured by the people of this small West African country.
Spain - by far the major aid donor to Equatorial Guinea - halved its aid in protest at the deterioration in human rights, the harassment of Spanish citizens and the expulsion in December 1993 of the Spanish Consul in Bata, the capital of Río Muni.
The authorities in Equatorial Guinea have often accused opposition political parties of plotting, together with soldiers, to overthrow the government.
www.amnestyusa.org /refugee/document.do?id=36BBC9FDA524438A802569A500715315   (7050 words)

  
 UN Commission on Human Rights - Report on the human rights situation in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (Jan 96)
The tolerance of the Government of Equatorial Guinea towards those who take advantage of their positions as civil servants and members of the military to violate the fundamental rights of individuals is a matter of deep concern to the Special Rapporteur, as it will doubtless also be for the Commission on Human Rights.
The population of Equatorial Guinea lives in a climate of widespread poverty, which may in many cases be described as extreme poverty.
The varied ethnic composition of society in Equatorial Guinea should be regarded as an enriching factor and the Special Rapporteur does not doubt that this is what the authorities and the majority of the population believe.
www1.umn.edu /humanrts/commission/country52/1996_67.htm   (8212 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea - Country Profile
Equatorial Guinea consists of a larger continental part (Río Muni), bordering to Cameroon in the north an Gabon to the south and east.
The economic exploitation of the colony was facilitated; Plantations were established, there was built an infrastructure and the government tried to spread the monetary economy among the African population by classical means (imposing taxes, forced labour and positive incentives to start with cash crop growing).
Equatorial Guinea was proclaimed an independent republic in October 1968, and Macias took office as its president.
www.afrol.com /Countries/Equatorial_Guinea/eqg_profile.htm   (3737 words)

  
 Press Release 2002/26bis :  Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This peninsula, situated in the hollow of the Gulf of Guinea, is bounded by the River Akwayafe to the west and by the Rio del Rey to the east.
The key element of the colonial protectorate was the "assumption of external sovereignty by the protecting State", which manifested itself principally through "the acquisition and exercise of the capacity and power to cede part of the protected territory by international treaty, without any intervention by the population or entity in question".
It contends that, within the area to be delimited, the Court cannot redistribute the oil concessions established by the practice of Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon, and that it must respect the configuration of the concessions in its determination of the course of the maritime boundary.
www.icj-cij.org /icjwww/ipresscom/ipress2002/ipresscom2002-26bis_cn_20021010.htm   (14253 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Background   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901.
The colony was turned over to Spain two years later and the islands have since been the subject of a territorial dispute, first between Britain and Spain, then between Britain and Argentina.
Guinea did not hold democratic elections until 1993 when Gen. CONTE (head of the military government) was elected president of the civilian government.
www.phatnav.com /factbook/fields/2028.html   (16146 words)

  
 Dangerous life for Equatorial Guinea opposition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
For his friends and family the case is clear: Chicampo is in jail because the government of his country, tiny Equatorial Guinea in central Africa, objects to his political activities.
Equatorial Guinea has been ruled for 25 years by the same man, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who seized power in 1979 from his brutal, dictatorial uncle in a military putsch.
Equatorial Guinea’s state prosecutor, justice ministry and information minister all said they had no information about Chicampo’s arrest.
www.tiscali.co.uk /cgi-bin/news/newswire.cgi/news/reuters/2004/12/24/world/dangerouslifeforequatorialguineaopposition.html&template=/news/templates/newswire/news_story_reuters.html   (866 words)

  
 World News Watch: News and Statistics for Guinea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Guinea's ailing head of state, General Lansana Conte, was sworn in for another seven-year term on Monday.
Guinea pigs have become popular among local pet lovers and have generated large amounts of money for the farms that breed them for both the local and export...
Guinea pigs, which come from South America and are rodents, not pigs, are one of the few animal species that can't synthesize vitamin C from other compounds in...
www.world-news-watch.com /news/Guinea.html   (11694 words)

  
 Cameroon v. Nigeria: Equatorial Guinea Intervening - Case Concerning the Land and Maritime Boundary Between Cameroon ...
On 16 November 1998 the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (hereinafter “Equatorial Guinea”) requested a copy of the Memorial filed by Cameroon and of the maps produced to the Court by the Parties at the oral proceedings on the preliminary objections.
In accordance with the provisions of Article 83 of the Rules of Court, the Application for permission to intervene by Equatorial Guinea was immediately communicated to Cameroon and to Nigeria, and the Court fixed 16 August 1999 as the time-limit for the filing of written observations by those States.
During their Seventh Summit in February 1990, the Heads of State and Governments of the LCBC “took note of the satisfactory achievement” and “directed that the Commissioners should get the appropriate documents ready within three months and were authorized to sign on behalf of their countries”.
www.worldlii.org /int/cases/ICJ/2002/3.html   (13698 words)

  
 Papua New Guinea: The state as killer?
The recommendation is then passed to the Head of State, the Governor General, with whom the final decision rests.
Should the death sentence be upheld, the Head of State, acting on the advice of the NEC will set the time and date of execution.
Papua New Guinea, like almost all independent states in the southern and central Pacific, is a member of the Pacific Islands Forum (Forum), the leading inter-governmental organization in the region whose leaders and government officials meet at least once every year.
www.amnestyusa.org /regions/asia/document.do?id=F8B2BE11E4D3783680256E7600626FA1   (7143 words)

  
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 Uncle Sam stirs trouble in Equatorial Guinea and Zimbabwe
Besides, the dictator of Equatorial Guinea thought he was a friend of the united $tates.
An English gent providing a cover for the mercenaries caught in Zimbabwe says they were headed to the Congo to guard mines.(1) We don't imagine that it will amuse Zimbabwe very much, given the discovery of wire-cutters and camouflage uniforms in the plane and the flight plans contradicting the story.
The conflict in Equatorial Guinea is an extension of the conflict in Iraq.
www.etext.org /Politics/MIM/countries/zimbabwe/zimbabwe03122004.html   (731 words)

  
 Print Article: Zimbabwe says US, UK and Spain sent mercenaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Spain denied involvement in any plot in the former Spanish colony and a diplomatic source said the Spanish ambassador in Harare would "present a formal complaint to the Zimbabwean government" tomorrow over its allegation.
Severo Moto, who heads what he calls a government-in-exile in Madrid, said today he was not involved in any plot but Obiang had to go, by force if necessary.
Equatorial Guinea has been rounding up African foreigners since Saturday amid tensions within Obiang's clan, dominant in a nation of just half a million.
www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2004/03/11/1078594480094.html   (700 words)

  
 ZWNews.com - linking the world to Zimbabwe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Equatorial Guinea, which has arrested what it called an advance party of 15 mercenaries, said on Wednesday "enemy powers" and multinational companies had been plotting against the small oil-producing central African state.
Mohadi, whose country has been bitterly at odds in recent years with Washington and former European colonial powers, said Equatorial Guinea's police and army heads had gone along with the plot against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
Severo Moto, who heads what he calls a government-in-exile in Madrid, said on Wednesday he was not involved in any plot but Obiang had to go, by force if needed.
www.zwnews.com /print.cfm?ArticleID=8825   (685 words)

  
 (HIS,P) Atlas German Colonies, with Yearbook, edited by the German Colonial Society, 1918, Kamerun
The border to British Nigeria has been finally fixed; the same is the case with the border to French Equatorial Africa, which has been slightly altered in 1906 and 1908 and considerably altered by the agreement of 1911.
Population : The white population numbered in 1903 710, in 1904 826, in 1905 896, in 1906 1010, in 1907 1128, in 1908 1127, in 1909 1284, in 1910 1455, in 1911 1537 Europeans, among them 1359 Germans and 178 women, in 1912 1871, of whom 1643 Germans and 230 adult women.
Closer to the coast in the northwest and west down to the southern border the Bafut and Bali, Bamum, Bamilleke, Banjang, Bakundu, Ngolo, Bamboko, Bakwiri, Duala, Bassa, Bakoko and Mabea, further to the east the Mfang tribes of the Bule, Ntum, Mwei, Jaunde, Bane, Mwele.
www.zum.de /psm/imperialismus/kolonialatlas18/atlas6e.php   (1226 words)

  
 [06 Sep 2000] GA/9750 : OPENING SESSION OF MILLENNIUM SUMMIT HEARS STATEMENTS BY 19 HEADS OF STATE, 10 HEADS OF ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Statements were also made this morning by the Presidents of Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Iran, Nicaragua, Russian Federation, Maldives, Namibia, Viet Nam, Yemen, France, Kenya, Honduras, Chile, Federated States of Micronesia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Guyana and China.
As heads of State and government and eminent personalities, we must add our voices to the call for the observance of the Olympic Truce during the forthcoming Olympiad, which will be held at Sydney, Australia, from 15 September to 1 October.
TEODORO OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, President of Equatorial Guinea: Despite the major advances and achievements in the areas of science and technology, conflict resolution, democratic change, respect for human rights and good governance, the century that just ended presents a picture of a world threatened by anxiety and uncertainty.
www.un.org /news/press/docs/2000/20000906.ga9750.doc.html   (12281 words)

  
 HEADS OF STATE, GOVERNMENT UNDERLINE NEED FOR CONCERTED ACTION TO PREVENT INERTIA, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES ...
Addressing the notion that recent events had left the United Nations at a crossroads, as the General Assembly continued its general debate today, world leaders underlined the need for concerted action to prevent inertia and ensure the advent of the “century of the global village”.
In two meetings, 27 speakers, who included 20 heads of State and government, began to outline the parameters of a new collective security for the world and a more just international socio-economic order in which the United Nations would play a central role.
Similarly, President Domitien Ndayizeye of Burundi stressed that the economic and social imbalances arising from the inequitable and non-inclusive nature of the international financial system had contributed to a growing gap between rich and poor.  The struggle to achieve sustainable development remained a priority concern, particularly in rural areas.
www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2003/ga10159.doc.htm   (1815 words)

  
 Embassy of Papua New Guinea to the Americas, Washington, DC
Located in the Indo-Pacific Ocean, it is said to have up to twice as many marine species as the waters of the Red Sea and up to five times as many as the Caribbean.
The Papua New Guinea Diving Association has an environmental Code of Ethics that they honor to ensure that our country's sea beds, reefs and marine life are conserved and protected.
The warm equatorial waters of both the Bismarck Sea and Pacific Ocean surround these pristine islands and coral reefs providing a haven for pelagic and exotic reef marine life.
www.pngembassy.org /diving.html   (2991 words)

  
 afrol News - Equatorial Guinea News
afrol News, 14 June - Police in Equatorial Guinea's mainland city of Bata have seized 200 copies of 'La Verdad', a small political party newspaper that is the country's sole opposition publication.
The demonstrators wanted to call the attention of Spanish authorities to the chaotic political situation and lack of freedom in Equatorial Guinea, a country that hosts the largest numbers of prisoners of conscience in sub-Saharan Africa.
The confession of Mr Thatcher marks the first credible evidence of the existence of a coup plot against Dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema as previous confessions were made in the torture chambers of Equatorial Guinea.
www.afrol.com /countries/equatorial_guinea/news   (1041 words)

  
 Equatorial Coup Games: West African scandal has oily roots and royal connections - Independent Media TV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Seventy soldiers of fortune led by Simon Mann, a former British officer, fly into Equatorial Guinea and overthrow its corrupt and ailing dictator, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasago.
Equatorial Guinea sits on the continent’s third largest oil supply.
By 2003, Equatorial Guinea was Riggs’ biggest depositor, its top officials and leading citizens stashing $700 million in the US bank.
www.independent-media.tv /item.cfm?fmedia_id=9120&fcategory_desc=Oil   (1100 words)

  
 Equa-Guinea Coup Plot Trial Takes New Twist With Mark Thatcher Arrest
MALABO, Aug 25 (AFP) - The trial of 18 suspected coup-plotters in Equatorial Guinea took a new twist Wednesday after the son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was arrested in South Africa for allegedly bankrolling the putschists.
Mann is alleged to have led a group of 70 suspected mercenaries who were arrested in Zimbabwe on March 7 and accused by Obiang of intending to join du Toit and his colleagues in Equatorial Guinea to take part in the coup.
Obiang has also accused a Britain-based Lebanese oil tycoon and Equatorial Guinean opposition leader Severo Moto, who is living in exile in Spain -- the country`s former colonial ruler -- of being involved in the alleged putsch.
www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=25470   (825 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / World / Africa / Zimbabwe says West behind plot to topple Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea, which has arrested what it called an advance party of 15 mercenaries, said "enemy powers" and multinational companies had been plotting against the small oil-producing central African state.
Mohadi, whose country has been bitterly at odds in recent years with Washington and Britain, the former colonial power, said Equatorial Guinea's police and army heads had gone along with the plot against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
Spain also denied involvement in any plot in the former Spanish colony.
www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2004/03/11/zimbabwe_says_west_behind_plot_to_topple_equatorial_guinea   (511 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Colonial Heads of Equatorial Guinea
Science Fair Projects - Colonial Heads of Equatorial Guinea
List of Colonial Heads of Equatorial Guinea (Fernando Póo/Spanish Guinea)
For continuation after independence, see: Heads of State of Equatorial Guinea
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Colonial_Heads_of_Equatorial_Guinea   (227 words)

  
 Current Exhibitions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This exhibition is a reinstallation of the National Museum of African Art's collection from the royal court of the capital of the kingdom of Benin as it existed before British colonial rule.
On display are cast-metal heads, figures, and architectural plaques that depict kings and attendants.
African objects that came into Paris from the French colonies in the 1890s inspired European artists in the early 1900s who sought to find new patterns and forms to incorporate into their work.
www.nmafa.si.edu /exhibits/currexhb.htm   (2963 words)

  
 Adherents.com
These are the promotion of religious pluralism...; and the replacement of Christianity by a quasi-religious ideology such as 'Mobutism' (for President Mobutu) in Zaire, or Marxism in a growing number of nations such as Guinea, Congo, Benin, Angola, Mozambique, and Ethiopia.
There he was successful in getting a government subsidy for a welfare organization to help Africans in Paris, and through this association, Matswa sent agents to collect funds in the Boko district of French Equatorial Africa, although those who contributed had widely divergent ideas of the purpose of their donations.
The impact of this development was uncertain, but some critics were pessimistic about the long-term consequences to entertainment, to culture, to public morality, and even to democracy.
www.adherents.com /Na/Na_436.html   (3954 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Heads of State of Equatorial Guinea
Science Fair Projects - Heads of State of Equatorial Guinea
Or else, you can start by choosing any of the categories below.
List of Heads of State of Equatorial Guinea
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/President_of_Equatorial_Guinea   (227 words)

  
 IRIAN JAYA (WEST PAPUA, NEW GUINEA): THE QUEST FOR INDEPENDENCE-JULY 16, 2000 ----JULY 29, 2000
It was part of the Dutch colonial empire that became Indonesia.
The head of state said the government is now trying to improve TNI's
Guinea are given as just over 19m ounces.
www.angelfire.com /journal/issues/irian071600.html   (14186 words)

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