Perhaps one of the continent's most corrupt countries, where massive oil wealth is confiscated by a thuggish government, it is not a terribly safe place to travel, but it has great beaches, laid-back beach bars, and locals speak Spanish.
Equatorial Guinea is a small country in West Africa, divided into two parts, the mainland and the islands. The mainland is wedged between Cameroon and Gabon. Unique among sub-Saharan countries, it was a former Spanish colony—their only other large African colony was Western Sahara. It is one of the largest oil producers in Sub-Sahara, behind Angola and Nigeria.