It’s the only official Spanish-speaking country in Africa. Spanish has been spoken there since colonial times. The country was under Spanish rule until it gained independence in 1968. Today, about 85% ...

Former Equatorial Guinea official Baltasar Engonga faces 18 years in prison after corruption charges and leaked tapes ...

Poverty Rate: 76.80% Another Central African country, Equatorial Guinea, is second on the list with a poverty rate of 76.80%. Corruption, poverty, and repression are eating the country like a plague.

Equatorial Guinea has been plagued by oppression, corruption, and poverty for decades. After seizing power in a military coup in 1979, Obiang and his family have ruled it as their personal fiefdom.

Malab - Equatorial Guinea holds a presidential election on Sunday in which the doyen of African leaders, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who survived a 2004 attempted coup by foreign mercenaries, seeks ...

Equatorial Guinea (EQG) is an upper-middle-income country. It is composed of a mainland, Río Muni, and small islands including Bioko (where the capital, Malabo, is located), Annobón, Corisco, Elobey, ...

Upon completion, EACOP will enable Uganda to export up to 246,000 barrels of oil per day, dramatically shifting the country’s ...

Equatorial Guinea possesses significant oil and gas resources, but the vast majority of its 1.3 million inhabitants live below the poverty line, according to the World Bank.

Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has won re-election with 95% of the Nov. 20 vote and his party took all the senate and parliament seats, his son Vice President Teodoro Nguema ...

About 75 percent of Equatorial Guinea’s GDP comes from its oil output. While originally producing 160,000 barrels per day, the number has recently dropped to 93,000.