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Feb 7, 2024 · Secretary-General appoints Anna Marttinen-Pont of Finland United Nations Resident Coordinator in Equatorial Guinea UNSDG The UNSDG guides, supports, tracks and oversees the coordination of development operations in 162 countries and territories.
Apr 16, 2024 · Background. Equatorial Guinea consists of a continental territory and five inhabited islands; it is one of the smallest countries by area and population in Africa. The mainland region was most likely predominantly inhabited by Pygmy ethnic groups prior to the migration of various Bantu-speaking ethnic groups around the second millennium BC.
Equatorial Guinea was elected as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council 2018–19. [65] On 7 March 2021, there were munition explosions at a military base near the city of Bata causing 98 deaths and 600 people being injured and treated at the hospital.
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Equatorial Guinea, country located on the west coast of Africa. It consists of Río Muni (also known as Continental Equatorial Guinea), on the continent, and five islands (known collectively as insular Equatorial Guinea): Bioko (formerly Fernando Po), Corisco, Great Elobey (Elobey Grande), Little Elobey (Elobey Chico), and Annobón (Pagalu). Bata is ...
Continental Equatorial Guinea is a roughly rectangular territory bounded by Cameroon to the north and Gabon to the east and south. Near the coast are the small islands of Corisco and Great and Little Elobey. Bioko, by far the largest of the islands, lies off the coast of Cameroon in the Bight of Biafra. Annobón, a volcanic island, lies south of the...
Dec 16, 2021 · Geography - note. insular and continental regions widely separated; despite its name, no part of the Equator passes through Equatorial Guinea; the mainland part of the country is located just north of the Equator.
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Permanent Mission of Equatorial Guinea to the United Nations. 242 East 51st Street, New York, N.Y. 10022. equatorialguineamission@yahoo.com. +1 212-223-2324. +1 212-223-2366.
