a country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea); became independent from Spain in 1968

despite mann「s hopes that he might be released by zimbabwe, he was sent to equatorial guinea at the end of january this year.

曼恩希望津巴布韦能够将他释放，但是他却于今年一月底被送至赤道几内亚。

simon mann, a british mercenary jailed first in zimbabwe in 2004 and then imprisoned since 2008 in equatorial guinea , flew to britain after getting a presidential pardon.

英国雇佣军西蒙·恩曼于2004年在津巴布韦第一次被判入狱，随后于2008年被关押至赤道几内亚 。此次，他获得总统大赦，被释放飞回英国。

the story has been repeated from nigeria to sudan, equatorial guinea to gabon and angola to venezuela.

这一幕在尼日利亚，苏丹，赤道几内亚，加蓬，安哥拉，委内瑞拉这些国家都在上演。

over the past week, i have visited ethiopia, algeria, equatorial guinea and the democratic republic of the congo. i arrived in zambia yesterday evening.

一个星期来，我先后访问了埃塞俄比亚、阿尔及利亚、赤道几内亚、刚果（金），昨晚到了赞比亚。

for example equatorial guinea is ranked at 140 although its gdp per capita is more than saudi arabia」s ranked at 37.

比如赤道几内亚排在第140位，虽然他的人均gdp比沙特阿拉伯要高，但是沙特阿拉伯的排名却是第37位（远高于第140位）。

it is hard to know why equatorial guinea goes to the bother of holding elections.

很难理解为什么赤道几内亚为何不厌其烦地选举。

simon mann, who goes on trial in equatorial guinea today, is an old etonian adventurer who has spent most of his decidedly mixed career in the murky world of special forces and mercenaries.

旧伊顿公学冒险家西蒙·曼恩今天将在赤道几内亚接受审判，无可否认，他大部分形形色色的职业生涯都在充斥着特殊势力与金钱至上者的黑暗世界中度过了。