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Observers: polls not free, fair
Malabo :: Equatorial Guinea | about 16 hours ago
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Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema looked to extend his 30-year rule over the central African oil nation on Sunday in a poll widely criticised for falling short of democratic standards. Obiang himself was quoted before the election as...
Tags: Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Equatorial Guinea, Malabo, Politics, Obiang, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Elections in Equatorial Guinea, Simon Mann, Bioko Island, Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea, Riggs Bank, Equatorial Guinean presidential election, Malabo Government Building, Politics of Equatorial Guinea
'No alternative' to Guinea rule
Bata :: Equatorial Guinea | 2 days ago
Credibility Obiang made the comments on Saturday, a day before the poll to which journalists and election observers have been given scant access. Members of the media have been denied visas to the country and a presidential decree has ruled that African observers...
Tags: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatorial Guinea Prepares, Equatorial Guinea, Bata, Obiang, Politics, Elections in Equatorial Guinea, Politics of Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea, Convergence for Social Democracy, Simon Mann, Equatorial Guinean presidential election, Malabo Government Building, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinean legislative election, Coup d'ￃﾩtat, Outline of Equatorial Guinea
Mercenary tells of torture in Black Beach prison
Bata :: Equatorial Guinea | 7 days ago
Credibility A gun was placed to his head and he was threatened with death by an adviser to Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, mercenary Nick du Toit has told Rapport . In a three-hour-interview with the newspaper, Du Toit said he was dragged from...
Tags: Du Toit, Equatorial Guinea, Niek du Toit, Bata, Simon Mann, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Black Beach, Obiang, Mercenary, Year of birth missing, Coups, Nick du Toit, Politics, The Dogs of War, Coup d'ￃﾩtat, War Conflict, Severo Moto Nsￃﾡ, Equatorial Guinea coup d'ￃﾩtat attempt, Mercenaries
On the Front Foot: Don't forget the Beeb's cricket coverage was a total turn-off
Cape Town :: South Africa | 14 days ago
Credibility Considering the hullabaloo created by the proposed changes in the televising of the crown jewels of sport, a proverb occurs. It is that you can take a horse to water but you cannot make him drink. One of the proposals is that home Ashes Test series are...
Tags: South Africa, Simon Mann, George Mann, Tufty Mann, England, BBC, Cape Town, Test Match Special, The Ashes, England cricket team, John Arlott, Wisden Cricketers of the Year, Cricket in England, Geoffrey Boycott, allnews
Thatcher escapes prosecution for failed Equatorial Guinea coup
Bata :: Equatorial Guinea | 16 days ago
Credibility Mark Thatcher may never be prosecuted in the United Kingdom for his role in the failed coup in Equatorial Guinea, say senior British law enforcement sources. Scotland Yard detectives are engaged in a "serious and protracted inquiry" into allegations that,...
Tags: Mark Thatcher, Equatorial Guinea, Scotland Yard, Simon Mann, South Africa, south african, coup attempt, Bata, Ely Calil, Black Beach, Equatorial Guinea coup d'ￃﾩtat attempt, War Conflict, Mercenaries, Politics, Law Crime
Foreign Office warns Mann to 'keep quiet'
London :: United Kingdom | 21 days ago
Credibility Simon Mann has been urged by Foreign Office officials to remain silent about the coup attempt that left him languishing in an African prison, and settle for a "quiet life" with his wife and family in the UK, The Independent on Sunday has learnt. The...
Tags: Margaret Thatcher, Simon Mann, South African Secret Service, Mark Thatcher, sir mark, Equatorial Guinea, coup attempted, african spy
SA mercenaries 'do not face jail'
Malabo :: Equatorial Guinea | 23 days ago
Credibility The group, along with former British mercenary Simon Mann were pardoned by Equatorial Guinea's leader this week. Mercenary activities are banned in South Africa, but a person cannot serve a jail term twice for the same offence. After the prisoners' release,...
Tags: Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Equatorial Guinea, Teodore Obiang Nguema, Simon Mann, South Africans, Mark Thatcher
Coup de theatre
Bata :: Equatorial Guinea | 24 days ago
Credibility 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...
Tags: Simon Mann, Equatorial Guinea, Mark Thatcher, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Teodore Obiang Nguema, south african
Freed Guinea coup plotter offers to testify
Malabo :: Equatorial Guinea | 25 days ago
Credibility Speaking after he was freed from the Black Beach prison in Malabo, the capital, Mr Mann said he was “very anxious” that Mark Thatcher, the son of Lady Thatcher, the former British prime minister, and Ely Calil, a UK-based Lebanese businessman, should...
Tags: Simon Mann, Equatorial Guinea, Mark Thatcher, Mr Mann, face justice, Sir Mark, guinea coup, coup plot, British, mercenary simon
Equatorial Guinea: British Mercenary Sentence Expected Today
Malabo :: Equatorial Guinea | about 1 year ago
Credibility All Africa reports, "British mercenary Simon Mann, charged with plotting to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea in 2004, will hear the court's verdict today in Malabo. The court reconvenes on today when the three-judge panel is expected to...
Tags: Simon Mann
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