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Bookmark or Share- Malabo - Encyclopedia.comMalabo (mälä´bō), city (1997 est. pop. 50,000), capital of Equatorial Guinea [1], on Bioko island, in the Gulf of Guinea. It is the chief port and commercial center of Bioko. Fish processing is the city's main industry, and cacao and coffee are the leading exports.
- France's African Colonies - Encyclopedia.comOnly the Guinea of Sekou Toure (1922–1984) rejected that offer and chose independence. Nevertheless, within two years, the leaders of all of France's African colonies had gone to Paris and been given independence. Formal French rule in West and Equatorial Africa was ended. see also Empire, French; Scramble for Africa. BIBLIOGRAPHY. Cohen ...
- French Equatorial Africa - Encyclopedia.comFrench Equatorial Africa (originally called French Congo) was officially established in 1910. Until 1920, Chad and Ubangi-Shari were a single territory. The federation was ruled by a governor-general, resident in Brazzaville, who had a deputy in each of the four territories.
- Equatorial Guinea - Encyclopedia.comEquatorial Guinea's oil profits have expanded since 1998, when the country introduced more liberal regulatory and profit sharing arrangements for hydrocarbon exploration and production activities, including revised and updated Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs). As a result, government oil revenues increased from 13% to 20% of total oil export ...
- Nguema, Francisco Macias - Encyclopedia.comFrancisco Macias Nguema (fränsēs´kō mäsh´yəs ngwā´mä), 1924–79, first president of Equatorial Guinea (1968–79). Leading the leftist party for independence from Spain, he was vice president under President Ondo Edu (1964–68).
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