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		Roughly wedge-shaped, Benin is bounded on the N by Niger, on the E by Nigeria, on the S by the Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean), on the W by Togo, and on the NW by Burkina Faso, with a total boundary length of 1,989 (1,233 mi).
		It is bordered on the N by Mali and Burkina Faso, on the E by Ghana, on the S by the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean, and on the W by Liberia and Guinea, with a total boundary length of 3,110 km (1,932 mi) and a coastline of 515 km (322).
		It is bounded on the N by the Gulf of Aden, on the E and S by the Indian Ocean, on the SW by Kenya, on the W and NW by Ethiopia, and on the NW by Djibouti, with a total land boundary of 2,340 km (1,454 mi) and a coastline of 3,025 km (1,880).
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Africa (5449 words)

	Gulf of Guinea Islands Biodiversity Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Gulf of Guinea Islands (sometimes called the Cameroon Line islands) is a group of volcanic islands lying in the Bight of Benin along the west coast of Africa.
		Map of the Gulf of Guinea Islands off the west coast of Africa.
		Principe is the oldest of the Gulf of Guinea Islands not near the mainland.
	www.calacademy.org /research/guinea_islands (1575 words)

	Royal Derby Africa Tours of West Africa :: Operates in Ghana \| Togo \| Benin \| Mali \| Burkina Faso \| Niger \| Guinea \| ...
		It is bordered by Niger in the east, Benin in the southeast, Togo and Ghana and Ivory Coast in the south, and....
		Benin is situated in West Africa on the northern coast of the Gulf of Guinea.
		Ghana is situated on the southern coast of the West African bulge and is bordered to the east by Togo, to the west by the Ivory Coast, to the south by the Atlantic Ocean and.....
	www.royalderbytours.com (227 words)

	Keynote Address: Maritime Safety and Security - Gulf of Guinea Ministerial Conference
		Achieving coastal security in the Gulf of Guinea is key to America's trade and investment opportunities in Africa, to our energy security, and to stem transnational threats like narcotics and arms trafficking, piracy, and illegal fishing - we share these interests in common with our Gulf of Guinea partners.
		Currently, the lack of Maritime safety and security in the Gulf of Guinea has had a negative impact on stability, human security, and economic development in the region.
		By 2020, the Gulf of Guinea is expected to be one of the world's top oil-producing regions.
	www.state.gov /p/af/rls/rm/2006/77336.htm (1919 words)

	Strategic Insights -- Enhancing Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea
		For the purpose of this article, the Gulf of Guinea is defined as the 11 coastal countries along the West and Central African countries that lie between Ghana and Angola (see Figure 1).
		Pollution and environmental degradation are relatively unchecked in the Gulf of Guinea.
		Luckily, both the governments and citizens of Gulf of Guinea states are much better sensitized about the opportunities and vulnerabilities in their maritime domain than in the past, and their expressed commitment to joint action to combat shared threats, with assistance from a broad range of partners, bodes well for the future.
	www.ccc.nps.navy.mil /si/2007/Jan/gilpinJan07.asp (4234 words)

	Gulf of Guinea - Encyclopedia.com
		Guinea, Gulf of gĬn´ē, large open arm of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the great bend of the coast of W Africa.
		It extends from the western coast of Côte d'Ivoire to the Gabon estuary and is bounded on the south by the equator.
		The bights of Benin and Biafra belong to the gulf.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Guinea-G.html (440 words)

	African Conservation Foundation Conservation Projects - African Islands - Profile on Gulf of Guinea Islands.
		The coastline of the Gulf of Guinea forms part of the western edge of the African tectonic plate and corresponds remarkably to the continental margin of South America running from Brazil to the Guianas.
		The Gulf's tropical water is separated from the equatorward flow of the cool Benguela and Canary currents by sharp frontal regions off the Congo and Senegal rivers, respectively.
		The warm tropical water of the Gulf of Guinea is of relatively low salinity because of river effluents and high rainfall along the coast.
	www.africanconservation.com /gulfofguineaprofile.html (536 words)

	The Guinea Current
		The Guinea is a geostrophically balanced current with isotherms that slope upwards towards the northern coast.
		Thus, Lemasson and Rebert suggested that the presence of a westward current at the surface near the coast could be due to the surfacing of the Ivoirian Undercurrent and the seaward displacement of the Guinea Current, not due to the reversal of the Guinea Current (Colin 1988).
		Ingham, M.C., 1970: Coastal upwelling in the northwestern gulf of Guinea.
	oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu /atlantic/guinea.html (1067 words)

	African Conservation Foundation Conservation Projects - African Islands - Profile on Gulf of Guinea Islands.
		The coastline of the Gulf of Guinea forms part of the western edge of the African tectonic plate and corresponds remarkably to the continental margin of South America running from Brazil to the Guianas.
		The Gulf's tropical water is separated from the equatorward flow of the cool Benguela and Canary currents by sharp frontal regions off the Congo and Senegal rivers, respectively.
		The warm tropical water of the Gulf of Guinea is of relatively low salinity because of river effluents and high rainfall along the coast.
	www.africanconservation.org /gulfofguineaprofile.html (536 words)

	Nelson Mandela Institute • Gulf of Guinea Intitute
		The Gulf of Guinea Institute (G2I) will be a world-class pan-African center providing advanced professional development and specialized techno-economic services to the oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Guinea region in west and central Africa.
		G2I will collaborate with companies and contractors in the oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Guinea to compile this data.
		For example, it may make sense for the major oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Guinea region to take an equal stake in G2I.
	www.nmiscience.org /gogi.html (1847 words)

	Equipo Nizkor - U.S. military talks to Nigeria over Gulf of Guinea. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A top U.S. general has held talks with Nigerian military chiefs on security in West Africa's Gulf of Guinea, set to become one of the world's top oil supply hubs within a decade, officials said Tuesday.
		The world's largest energy consumer is keen to protect a series of huge oil discoveries in the gulf, controlled by several politically unstable states including Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome, and Angola.
		Although its reserves are dwarfed by those of the Middle East, the Gulf of Guinea is geographically better placed to supply the U.S. market.
	www.derechos.org /nizkor/eguinea/doc/ecowas.html (491 words)

	UNIDO - Gulf of Guinea: Water Pollution Control and Biodiversity Conservation (success story) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Protect and restore the health of the Gulf of Guinea Large Marine Ecosystem and its natural resources.
		The countries bordering the Gulf of Guinea - Benin, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo - have experienced rapid increases in population, industrialization and urbanization in the last 40 years.
		These factors have contributed to significant degradation of the natural resources and biodiversity of the coastal and international waters of the Gulf of Guinea and adjacent freshwater catchment areas.
	www.unido.org /en/doc/3637 (528 words)

	West beams security focus on Gulf of Guinea oil - Boston.com
		Western experts worried about the security of oil supplies from Africa's Gulf of Guinea have considered several doomsday scenarios, including suicide attacks by determined Islamist militants on offshore oil platforms.
		Gulf of Guinea producers Nigeria, Angola, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea and promising newcomer Sao Tome and Principe already supply 16 percent of U.S. energy needs and the figure is projected to rise to 25 percent by 2015.
		The small Gulf of Guinea archipelago of Sao Tome and Principe -- where U.S. and other companies are searching for oil amid high expectations of a new African bonanza -- has said it wants more assistance from the United States to protect its security as a future oil producer.
	www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2006/09/14/west_beams_security_focus_on_gulf_of_guinea_oil?mode=PF (895 words)

	LME28: Guinea Current
		In the Gulf of Guinea Project, 6 countries, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria and Cameroon, sought to strengthen regional institutional capacities to prevent and remedy pollution of the LME and the associated degradation of critical habitats.
		Gulf of Guinea and implications for fisheries recruitment.
		Bainbridge, V. The zooplankton of the Gulf of Guinea.
	na.nefsc.noaa.gov /lme/text/lme28.htm (3261 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- U.S. strategic interests rise in West Africa's oil-rich Gulf of Guinea
		Though U.S. officials cite no current terrorist activity in the Gulf of Guinea, homegrown al-Qaeda-linked groups or cells are thought to be active across Africa, especially in countries with large Muslim populations like Algeria, a longtime oil producer, and Mauritania, which is poised to start pumping crude next year.
		Stretching roughly from Ivory Coast to Angola, the Gulf of Guinea is relatively unfamiliar to U.S. forces, and tours of the region such as last month's by the Coast Guard are aimed at shaking hands, gaining familiarity and assessing threats to oil access.
		We're not going to be the force in the Gulf of Guinea," Trott told The Associated Press at a hotel in palm-fringed Sao Tome, capital of the archipelago perched on the equator.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050807-1036-protectingtheoil.html (1431 words)

	People's Daily Online -- US warship begins Gulf of Guinea deployment
		The US government has repeatedly expressed its willingness to cooperate with nations in the Gulf of Guinea, including Nigeria, Africa's biggest oil producer, in monitoring the waters to secure the alternative source of oil to the Middle East.
		The Gulf of Guinea, which is believed to hold as much as 10 percent of the world's oil reserves, has been plagued by pirates, smugglers and other criminals.
		And this year's deployment is a direct result of a Gulf of Guinea maritime security conference held in Naples, Italy, last October, which was attended by 17 navies from Africa and the West,it added.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /200501/26/eng20050126_171940.html (234 words)

	Papuan Gulf Map (Art-Pacific.com: New Guinea tribal art and Indonesian folk art)
		Color photographs of the artifacts, fl and white historical photographs, short introduction to the culture of the Papuan Gulf, glossary and bibliography.
		Hevehe masked ceremonial cycle of the Elema People of Orokolo Bay in the Papua Gulf, Papua New Guinea, fl and white photographs from F. Williams' Drama of Orokolo, 1940, and of the museum's artifacts collected from 1900 to 1935, bibliography.
		George Craig was one of the premier crocodile hunters and artifact collectors in the Fly River and Papuan Gulf before PNG independence.
	www.art-pacific.com /artifacts/nuguinea/papuan/gulfmap.htm (1261 words)

	United States Seeks To Help Improve Security in Gulf of Guinea
		The U.S. Coast Guard patrols the Gulf of Guinea near the island of Sao Tome and Principe.
		The Gulf of Guinea accounts for almost 15 percent of the U.S. crude oil supply and is rich in other natural resources.
		Countries attending the Gulf of Guinea Maritime Safety and Security Ministerial conference included: Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, South Africa and Togo.
	usinfo.state.gov /xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2006&m=December&x=20061219101202MVyelwarC0.1016352&chanlid=af (846 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Gulf of Guinea Commission set up to mediate regional disputes
		The Gulf of Guinea Commission (CGG), with its headquarters based in Angola, comprises Angola, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Sao Tome and Principe.
		The Gulf of Guinea, which stretches from Nigeria's southern shores as far south as Angola, is rich in oil and aquatic resources.
		Attending the half-day meeting were heads of state from Gabon, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria and Sao Tome and Principe, Cameroon's prime minister, the Republic of Congo's foreign minister and the DRC's ambassador to Gabon.
	english.people.com.cn /200608/26/eng20060826_297052.html (213 words)

	allAfrica.com: Guinea
		Eastern Region's Secretary of National Farmers Association, Hammed Siaka Koroma, Tuesday warned that if the smuggling of foodstuff to Guinea on a daily basis is not checked, it may affect the fight against hunger and the attainment of food security in the country.
		The secretary executive of the Gulf of Guinea Commission, Carlos Alberto Bragança Gomes, Wednesday in Luanda voiced satisfaction at Angolan Government's early providing of the headquarters, the residences and other facilities for the start of works of the organ.
		The installation in Angola of the executive secretariat of the Gulf of Guinea Commission will place the country in the centre of the main problems occurring in the sub-region of the African continent.
	allafrica.com /guinea (362 words)

	Trade and Investment in the Gulf of Guinea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This publication aims to set out the basic information on tax and business regulatory issues that potential and current investors should be aware of when investing in the countries in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG).
		The GoG has estimated total oil reserves of 60 billion barrels and is likely to be attractive to oil companies, given GoG’s quality of oil and costs of production.
		The GoG region comprises: Angola, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo and Sao Tome and Principe.
	www.kpmg.com /Industries/IM/Other/GulfGuinea.htm (184 words)

	US explains presence in Gulf of Guinea - Nigeria - Afrique
		The United States has explained that its presence in the Gulf of Guinea is aimed at protecting an area regarded as one of the richest sources of hydrocarbons in the world from international criminals.
		The Gulf of Guinea off the coast of West Africa has tremendous oil and gas of more than 10 billion barrels.
		The US interest in the Gulf of Guinea, bordered by Nigeria, Angola, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Sao Tome and Principe, has been increasing amid rising oil exploration in the region, especially as West African Navy fleet lack the capacity to protect oil platforms in the gulf.
	www.afrik.com /article9900.html (456 words)

	US, Nigeria partner on Gulf of Guinea
		Nigeria and the US have entered into partnership to provide security in the Gulf of Guinea for the common good.
		Campbell said US was interested in putting a base in the Gulf of Guinea.
		Earlier, Kupolokun had said President Obasanjo had set up Gulf of Guinea security working group of which he was heading.
	www.businessdayonline.com /?c=52&a=3445 (272 words)

	Gulf War Guinea Pigs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Injections with a cocktail of drugs were given to thousands of soldiers prior to being sent to the Gulf.
		Britain is bound by the code yet two of the soldiers in 205GH were unaware they were used as guinea pigs until told by The Sunday Post.
		A Government report into the immunisation of soldiers during the first Gulf War states, “HQ British Forces Middle East decided a trial should be conducted at 205 General Hospital to assess how many personnel would suffer severe reactions as a result of plague immunisation before other units in theatre began the administration of plague vaccine.
	www.highlandjnw.org.uk /gulfwarsyndrome.htm (614 words)

	U.S. Increasing Operations in Gulf of Guinea
		Land is currently conducting training exercises and community relation's projects (COMREL) with host nationals while on deployment to the Gulf of Guinea.
		WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The U.S. military is stepping up operations in the Gulf of Guinea to enhance security in this strategic and resource-rich region, the commander of U.S. European Command's naval surface combatant warships told the Pentagon Channel.
		Land's deployment and maritime symposium were the latest in a series of engagements that Rowden said are building important new relationships in the Gulf of Guinea.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=24521 (714 words)

	Gulf of Guinea — Infoplease.com
		154,000), SE Nigeria, a port on an estuary of the Gulf of...
		The Birds of Sao Tome and Principe with Annobon Islands of the Gulf of Guinea.
		Guinea: although Equatorial Guinea's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) train is not yet complete,......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0822113.html (312 words)

	Work by International Alert in West Africa: Countering the impact of oil in the Gulf of Guinea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Countering the impact of oil in the Gulf of Guinea
		Nigeria, for example, is poorer now than it was when oil production began, despite the fact that oil revenues over the past 25 years constitute a figure six times bigger than the global aid budget during the same period.
		The Gulf of Guinea is attracting ever-increasing attention as an oil producer and if the countries within it (especially Sao Tome and Principe) are to be spared the same fate as these other oil producing countries, they need to develop a different kind of oil industry that can positively assist development.
	www.international-alert.org /our_work/regional/west_africa/gulf_of_guinea.php (377 words)

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