Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea a small country in Africa with many little islands making home in the gulf of Guinea. With a population of just over six hundred thousand people, geographers know it as more of an isolated area. Scientists use it for research, National geographer Morell said “it acts as a living laboratory for studying how plants and animals evolve in isolation”. Equatorial Guinea has not been well known for anything that people would consider worth being known for until 1996 they made a life changing discovery. For many years in Equatorial Guinea the people have been ruled by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, he discovered that Equatorial Guinea was sitting on tons of oil. Soon Obiang began to make billions of dollars in oil revenue. The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) went from a low $1.27 billion all the way to $25.69 billion in the matter of a years’ time resulting in the economy growing by 71.2 percent. Billions of dollars in country struggling sounds like a much needed blessing, but it turned out to be more of bad thing. Obiang has been in full control of the money without investing in bettering the country. Obiang has been found as one of the sole reason Equatorial Guinea has abused the human rights of the people in many ways. Yet President Obiang was reelected as President in 2009, due to this reelection Obiang will be in charge of the country until 2016 because the presidential term lasts for seven years. Many people may wonder why they should see this as important or why should someone care for Equatorial Guinea. The people of the world should care about the citizens in Equatorial because torturing woman’s rights, and neglecting the poverty have been well known violations over the last decade.
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