News Source: Financial Times
| 18 days ago
Gaunt, bespectacled and with his grey locks arranged in waves, the Eton-educated former SAS trooper apologised to his hosts for the role he played in a plot to overthrow the government of President Teodore Obiang Nguema in 2004, and thanked them...
News Source: The Guardian
| 18 days ago
Sit back and await the joy of Simon the singing canary With its top-class cast and horribly fascinating location there could scarcely be any more to love about the Mann saga There are better ways to open a newspaper column than this, but please...
News Source: The Guardian
| 19 days ago
K • Inquiry into 'Scratcher's' alleged role faces obstacles • Double jeopardy fears could prevent charges Mark Thatcher, son of the former prime minister, leaving court in Cape Town in 2005. Photograph: Howard Burditt/Reuters The investigation...
News Source: Times Online
| 19 days ago
The freed mercenary is preparing to sell his story of the failed plot to seize a tiny oil-rich West African state, after being unexpectedly pardoned by the government of Equatorial Guinea this week. The Old Etonian and former SAS soldier could make...
News Source: I Africa
| 19 days ago
The men were released on Tuesday after being pardoned by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema. "They are back in the country," said Henri Boshoff of the Institute for Security Studies. "I don't know where, and how; I just know they're back." He said the...
News Source: News 24
| 19 days ago
Mercenaries a headache for Equitorial Guinea, but useful as pawns, writes Mandy Rossouw. Equatorial Guinea's release of four South African mercenaries was part of a charm offensive by the country's dictator and President, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, to...