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Article: The world comes calling.(International relations)
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- African Business
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
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The government of Equatorial Guinea is today involved in a number of public-private partnerships with companies from many countries. American companies are predominant in the oil and gas sector; a Yugoslav firm is involved in building some of the road infrastructure; a French one is building the national stadium; Scandinavians are involved in transport, and the Chinese have taken stakes in agriculture and fishing.
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Equatorial Guinea was the only Spanish colony in Africa. Traditionally, most of the trading activity took place with Spain. Over the years relations have been tumultuous, but the historical links with Spain endure. There ...