Cameroon.
i played on FTP w/ a dude who lives in camaroon. It was one of the coolest things ever. He was a super nit who played NL10 while I was making a vid.
AIDS rate is only 5.4% amongst young ppl. However, it is difficult to have an accurate stat b/c it often goes unreported.
40% christian. North africa has alot of mulsims. Though the french/italian dominated colonies have more western beliefs. Camroon might be considered central though, idk.
You can prolly fly to Sao Tome and Principe from there. Its very poor there, but if you wanan see a tropical island on a budget, you'll prolly get a bang for your buck.
afaik Gabon and Equetorial Guinea (to the south) are safe places.
Not so sure about the east (Congo, CAR)
Chad is not very stable either. Though I think the south west region of chad (the part bordering camroon) is reletively safe. That region is much more liberal and french influenced. Though there have been civil conflicts of the years in chad.
IDK why you would wanan visit Nigeria. Seemes like an overcrowded place w/ lots of scam artists. Though, I have not read/reaserched about Nigeria, so my views on it might be way off. I think Camroon is a cool country. I def wanna visit the region when I have the opporotunity.
If you jump over Nigeria, you will have several other safe countries. however.... IDK if you can play card there.
Ghana, Togo, Benin are all good choices iirc. Ivory Coast, Liberria, Sierra Leone would not be good choices. Cape Verde (tropical silands) is located around here.
For South America I would argue chile: safe, Santiago is a hughe developing buisness hub for SoAmerica. Mountains and beaches very close, way less rain than Brazil. beat: beaches have cold water.
Out of all the countries listed, I think you would feel most comfortable in:
Chile
Gabon
Cape Verde
Equetorial Guinea
Note: OP I'm in the exact same boat as you. I love warm climates and beaches. I'v looked at many tour books, websites, etc... just to understand what countries fit my criteria.
Bahamas, Hawaii, Gold Coast, etc... would be nice, but they are a bit over my budget.