Equatorial Guinea
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| Capital | Malabo |
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| Recognised regional languages | Fang |
| Combe | |
| Pidgin English | |
| Annobonese | |
| Population | 1. 268 million (2017) |
| Official_languages | Spanish |
| French | |
| Portuguese | |
| Currencies | CFA franc, Central African CFA franc |
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| ID | 734475 |
About Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea is a Central African country comprising the Rio Muni mainland and 5 volcanic offshore islands. Capital Malabo, on Bioko Island, has Spanish colonial architecture and is a hub for the country's prosperous oil industry. Its Arena Blanca beach draws dry-season butterflies. The tropical forest of the mainland's Monte Alen National Park is home to gorillas, chimpanzees and elephants.
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... He also made 65 appearances for Ghana, and helped the national side reach the finals of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea - where he was awarded goal and player of the tournament...
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... Just last month, three separate false copyright claims were made against Diario Rombe, an investigative news outlet that focusses on Equatorial Guinea...
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... " For decades, the goliath frog has been over-hunted for food and the pet trade in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea...
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... Seven other African countries - Senegal, Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea, Burkina Faso, Eswatini, Guinea Bissau and Cameroon - did not vote at all...
Anxious Christmas for families of Indians held in Nigeria
... In August, the ship s crew was en route to pick up crude oil from Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria before heading to deliver it in Rotterdam, Holland...
Zimbabwe's dilemma over deadly elephant attacks
... While Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea, Mali, Senegal and Equatorial Guinea have proposed to Cites that the elephants in southern Africa be upgraded to give them " threatened-with-extinction status" further restricting any trade...
Glencore ordered to pay millions over Africa oil bribes
... Along with five charges of bribery, the subsidiary admitted charges of failing to prevent agents from using bribes to secure oil contracts in Equatorial Guinea and South Sudan...
Private military firms see demand in Ukraine war
... " Would they be duly enrolled in the national armed forces before any operations? If not, then what would be their legal position? Casualties? Medical cover? Death and disability insurance? " Mr Mann - who spent several years in prison after being accused of leading an aborted coup d état in Equatorial Guinea in 2004 - said that he is aware, however, of evacuation missions charging £10,000 per person, " mostly organised by PMC-type people who happen to have contacts on the ground"...
Anxious Christmas for families of Indians held in Nigeria
By Imran QureshiBBC Hindi
It isn't unusual for seafarers to be away from their families for Christmas and other festivals.
But this festive season is particularly hard for the families of 16 Indian sailors who have been Under Arrest in Nigeria since November, when their Ship was taken into custody by authorities there.
The Men are part of a 26-member crew who were onboard a Cargo Ship called MT Heroic Idun. The rest of The Sailors are from Sri Lanka , Philippines and Poland.
The Ship - which is owned by Norway's OSM Maritime Group - was in mid-August based on an alert from Nigeria that The Crew may have stolen Crude Oil from its terminal.
This Week , India's Foreign Minister S Jaishankar told parliament that according to a charge sheet filed by Nigerian authorities, The Crew members have been charged with " conspiracy, evasion of lawful interception, and unlawful export of Crude Oil ". Their case will be heard by a Nigerian court on 10 and 11 January.
" We Are providing them legal support, We Are giving them consular support, and we will do whatever we can to help them in the circumstances, " The Minister added. Nigeria is yet to officially comment on The Minister 's statement.
After four months of anxiety, The Sailors ' families say they are somehow clinging onto hope.
" My husband has been away earlier too during Christmas but never in this kind of a situation, " Sheethal Milton told The Bbc . Her husband Milton Deoth has been a sailor for over two decades and works as a motorman on MT Heroic Idun.
In August, The Ship 's crew was En Route to Pick Up Crude Oil from Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria before heading to deliver it in Rotterdam, Holland.
According to Sapna Trehan, wife of The Ship 's master Tanuj Mehta, The Ship was asked to leave Nigeria's AKPO terminal after officials said they had no information about its arrival.
As The Ship moved towards Equatorial Guinea , it was followed by a vessel claiming to be from the Nigerian Navy , Ms Trehan's husband told her, adding that The Ship was detained on arrival there.
Ms Trehan added that the Heroin Idun could not identify the Naval Ship in The Darkness and assumed that it was a pirate Ship .
In a on 15 November, a Nigerian Navy official said that " apart from refusing lawful arrest, The Captain of the vessel made a broadcast of false piracy attack call to International Maritime Bureau" adding that Nigeria had not recorded any piracy attacks in its waters for More Than a year.
The official also said The Ship 's crew may have committed offences including violation of customs and immigration laws.
Documents filed in The International Tribunal for The Law of The Sea say that the Equatorial Guinea navy followed a maritime code of conduct and detained the vessel on an alert sent by the Nigerian naval vessel.
The Ship 's management later said that they had paid €2m ($2. 12m; £1. 76m) to authorities in Equatorial Guinea for not putting up The Flag of The West African country on The Ship while in its waters.
When The Ship was detained in Equatorial Guinea , several crew members had recorded videos and made phone calls to their families begging for help. They had also expressed apprehensions about being taken to Nigeria, citing the country's previous dealings with sailors as The Reason for their fears.
In 2021, Nigeria a Swiss tanker three years after it had been first detained.
On 12 November, the Nigerian Navy formally seized The Ship and parked it about " three or four hours from its port" Ms Trehan said. The Crew members are still on the vessel.
Ms Trehan said that the Nigerian Navy has been very responsive to the medical needs of The Crew , and had provided care to two officers who had developed malaria on The Ship .
But The Crew 's Family Members say that the only connection they have with their Family Members is short " two-three minute phone calls once in 12 or 15 days".
" We Are specifically asked to converse in English so that The Guards can understand, " said Matilda Sanu, wife of Chief Officer Sanu Jose.
Ms Trehan says that she has only spoken to her husband thrice since November.
" We know that provisions have been provided to The Ship by The Company officials, " She Said .
" Days are turning into weeks and months. We don't know what to do, " Sneha Harshvardhan, wife of Harshvardhan Shouche, an engineer on The Ship , told The Bbc .
" For no fault of The Crew members, We Are all suffering. I don't have any words to express our trauma, " She Said .
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