Equatorial Guinea

total:

0.02 cu km/yr (80%/15%/5%)

per capita:

31.41 cu m/yr (2005)

party to:

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands

signed, but not ratified:

none of the selected agreements

noun:

Equatorial Guinean(s) or Equatoguinean(s)

adjective:

Equatorial Guinean or Equatoguinean

at birth:

1.03 male(s)/female

0-14 years:

1.03 male(s)/female

15-24 years:

1.04 male(s)/female

25-54 years:

0.97 male(s)/female

55-64 years:

0.76 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.75 male(s)/female

total population:

0.99 male(s)/female (2013 est.)

degree of risk:

very high

food or waterborne diseases:

bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

vectorborne disease:

malaria and dengue fever

animal contact disease:

rabies (2013)

total number:

35,382

percentage:

28 % (2000 est.)

conventional long form:

Republic of Equatorial Guinea

conventional short form:

Equatorial Guinea

local long form:

Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial/Republique de Guinee equatoriale

local short form:

Guinea Ecuatorial/Guinee equatoriale

former:

Spanish Guinea

name:

Malabo

geographic coordinates:

3 45 N, 8 47 E

time difference:

UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

chief of state:

President Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Teodoro OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo (since 3 August 1979 when he seized power in a military coup)

head of government:

Prime Minister Vicente Ehate TOMI (since 22 May 2012)

cabinet:

Council of Ministers appointed by the president; (For more information visit theWorld Leaders website)

elections:

• president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term (two term limits);
• election last held on 29 November 2009 (next to be held in 2015);
• prime minister and deputy prime ministers appointed by the president;
• note - according to the constitutional referendum on November 2011, elections are to be held in 2015 and the presidency is limited to two terms

election results:

Teodoro OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo reelected president; percent of vote - Teodoro OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo 95.8%, Placido Mico ABOGO 3.6%, other 0.6%

highest court(s):

Supreme Court of Justice (consists of the chief justice and NA judges); Constitutional Court (consists of the court president and 4 members)

judge selection and term of office:

Supreme Court judges appointed by the president for 5-year terms; Constitutional Court members appointed by the president

subordinate courts:

• Court of Guarantees;
• military courts;
• Courts of Appeal;
• first instance tribunals;
• district and county tribunals

• Convergence Party for Social Democracy or CPDS [Placido MICO Abogo]
• Democratic Party for Equatorial Guinea or PDGE [Teodoro OBIANG Nguema Mbasogo] (ruling party)
• Electoral Coalition or EC
• Party for Progress of Equatorial Guinea or PPGE [Severo MOTO]
• Popular Action of Equatorial Guinea or APGE [Avelino MOCACHE]
• Popular Union or UP [Daniel MARTINEZ Ayecaba]

chief of mission:

Ambassador Ruben Maye Nsue MANGUE (since 10 September 2013)

chancery:

2020 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009

telephone:

[1] (202) 518-5700

FAX:

[1] (202) 518-5252

consul general(s):

Houston

chief of mission:

Ambassador Mark L. ASQUINO (since 29 June 2012)

embassy:

K-3, Carretera de Aeropuerto, Al lado de Restaurante El Paraiso, Malabo

mailing address:

B.P. 817, Yaounde, Cameroon; US Embassy Yaounde, US Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-2520

telephone:

[240] 333 09 88 95

• three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red, with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side and the coat of arms centered in the white band;
• the coat of arms has six yellow six-pointed stars (representing the mainland and five offshore islands) above a gray shield bearing a silk-cotton tree and below which is a scroll with the motto UNIDAD, PAZ, JUSTICIA (Unity, Peace, Justice);
• green symbolizes the jungle and natural resources, blue represents the sea that connects the mainland to the islands, white stands for peace, and red recalls the fight for independence

name:

"Caminemos pisando la senda" (Let Us Tread the Path)

lyrics/music:

Atanasio Ndongo MIYONO/Atanasio Ndongo MIYONO or Ramiro Sanchez LOPEZ (disputed)

note: adopted 1968

• coffee, cocoa, rice, yams, cassava (manioc), bananas, palm oil nuts;
• livestock;
• timber

lowest 10%:

NA%

highest 10%:

NA%

general assessment:

digital fixed-line network in most major urban areas and good mobile coverage

domestic:

fixed-line density is about 2 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership has been increasing and in 2011 stood at about 60 percent of the population

international:

• country code - 240;
• international communications from Bata and Malabo to African and European countries;
• satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2011)

• state maintains control of broadcast media with domestic broadcast media limited to 1 state-owned TV station, 1 state-owned radio station, and 1 private radio station owned by the president's eldest son;
• satellite TV service is available;
• transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are accessible (2007)

• 18 years of age for selective compulsory military service, although conscription is rare in practice;
• 18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary service;
• 2-year service obligation;
• women hold only administrative positions in the Coast Guard (2013)

males age 16-49:

151,147

females age 16-49:

150,345 (2010 est.)

males age 16-49:

113,277

females age 16-49:

115,320 (2010 est.)

male:

7,398

female:

7,126 (2010 est.)

• in 2002, ICJ ruled on an equidistance settlement of Cameroon-Equatorial Guinea-Nigeria maritime boundary in the Gulf of Guinea, but a dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon over an island at the mouth of the Ntem River and imprecisely defined maritime coordinates in the ICJ decision delayed final delimitation;
• UN urged Equatorial Guinea and Gabon to resolve the sovereignty dispute over Gabon-occupied Mbane and lesser islands and to create a maritime boundary in the hydrocarbon-rich Corisco Bay

current situation:

• Equatorial Guinea is a source and destination country for women and children subjected to forced labor and sexual exploitation;
• children have been trafficked from nearby countries for work as domestic servants, market laborers, ambulant vendors, and launderers;
• women may also be trafficked to Equatorial Guinea from Cameroon, Benin, other neighboring countries, and China for forced labor or prostitution;
• Equatorial Guinean girls may be encouraged by their parents to engage in the sex trade in urban centers to receive groceries, gifts, housing, and money

tier rating:

• Tier 3 - Equatorial Guinea does not fully comply with the minimum standards on the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so;
• the government has initiated no investigations or prosecutions of suspected trafficking offenses and demonstrated no efforts to identify victims or to provide them with necessary services, despite being required to do so under its 2004 anti-trafficking law;
• the government shows a slight increase in its efforts to prevent trafficking with the creation in 2012 of a working-level committee to combat human trafficking, but it has not launched any public anti-trafficking campaigns or implemented any programs to address forced child labor (2013)