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Coup de theatre

Source: Financial Times
Bata : Equatorial Guinea | about 1 month ago  
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There was the crafty Arab, the swashbuckling old Etonian, a supporting cast of unscrupulous English toffs and a chorus of South African guns for hire. The drama would have been incomplete without a ruthless African: Equatorial Guinea’s dictator for 30 years, Teodore Obiang Nguema.
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  • News Source: Financial Times | about 1 month ago
    There was the crafty Arab, the swashbuckling old Etonian, a supporting cast of unscrupulous English toffs and a chorus of South African guns for hire. The drama would have been incomplete without a ruthless African: Equatorial Guinea’s dictator for...
  • News Source: The Guardian | about 1 month ago
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  • News Source: The Guardian | about 1 month ago
    Documents detailing Sir Mark Thatcher's alleged involvement in the botched coup in Equatorial Guinea are among evidence being examined by Scotland Yard. The counter-terrorism command has yet to interview Thatcher or the businessman Ely Calil, who...
  • News Source: Times Online | about 1 month ago
    Despite Mann’s claim that Sir Mark was a “main financier” of the plot to overthrow the Government of the oil-rich state in 2004, the son of the former Prime Minister denies any part in it. However, Mann’s release and return to Britain makes...
  • News Source: I Africa | about 1 month ago
    Addressing a gathering of African traditional leaders in honour of Madiba, Zuma said he had been at a press conference with Nguema on Wednesday night when a journalist asked why the mercenaries had been released. A student of Nelson Mandela "I'm one...
  • News Source: News 24 | about 1 month ago
    Four South Africans pardoned by Equatorial Guinea for a failed coup in 2004 will not face local criminal charges when they return home, the Justice Ministry said on Thursday. "These people have been arrested, tried, convicted and served a term for...
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  • Blog Source: the-osterley-times.blogspot.com
    The British mercenary, Simon Mann, who was convicted of an attempt to bring about a coup in equatorial New Guinea, has stated that he would be willing to give evidence against Margaret Thatcher's son, Mark, and and the oil tycoon Eli ...
  • Blog Source: subrosa-blonde.blogspot.com
    Will Simon Mann stand by his testimony to a court in Equatorial Guinea that Mark Thatcher was part of the "management team" for the coup? * Will the mercenary also continue to insist that Ely Calil, the reclusive Lebanese oil ...
  • Blog Source: info-wars.org
    The British mercenary Simon Mann today vowed to testify in court against Sir Mark Thatcher and the oil tycoon Eli Calil, the two men he alleges were co-conspirators in the failed attempt to take over Equatorial Guinea in 2004. ... Mann, 57, was
  • Blog Source: blogs.timeslive.co.za
    THIS week Jacob Zuma visits Equatorial Guinea for the second time this year. His previous visit took place on the eve of the election. This time he visits as.
  • Blog Source: forum.pz10.com
    The case ensnared Mark Thatcher, son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, as Mann implicated him as a chief bankroller in the coup plot along with Equatorial Guinean-based Lebanese businessman Eli Calil. ...
  • Blog Source: blog.taragana.com
    He and the four South African mercenaries who also were pardoned Tuesday had been given 24 hours to leave and can never return. In a trial last year, Mann testified that Mark Thatcher had provided $350000, which was used to buy a small ...
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