The Aïna River (French: ''Rivière Aïna'') is a tributary of the Ivindo River that rises in

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

. Along the way it forms the border between

and

Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ...

and then the border between

and

Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo), is a country located on the western coast of Central ...

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The native pygmies along the river were noted as some of the few to use the plant ''Strophanthus tholonii'' as an ingredient in their arrow poison; other Strophanthus species are more commonly used.African ethnobotany: poisons and drugs : chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology
Hans Dieter Neuwinger, 1994

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Rivers of Gabon Rivers of Cameroon Rivers of the Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo–Gabon border Cameroon–Gabon border International rivers of Africa South Region (Cameroon) Border rivers {{RCongo-river-stub

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