User:DaisyGeekyTransGirl/Equatoguinean genocide

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Equatoguinean genocide
LocationEquatorial Guinea
Date1969  – 3 August 1979
TargetBubi population, intellectuals, Christians
Attack type
Genocide, mass murder
Deaths50,000  – 80,000[1]
PerpetratorsGovernment of Equatorial Guinea

The Equatoguinean genocide was the mass murder that went on throughout the 1970s by President of Equatorial Guinea, Francisco Macías Nguema, mostly of the Bubi people. Over a third of the population had fled to other countries to escape the killings.

Genocide

References

  1. ^ "The Pariah President: Teodoro Obiang is a brutal dictator responsible for thousands of deaths. So why is he treated like an elder statesman on the world stage?". 12 June 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2015.