Madiba letter to Congo averts legal action
IOL (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
A letter from Nelson Mandela to Denis Sassou Nguesso has stalled any possible legal action over the Congolese president's controversial book.
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French Court Blocks Probe of Three Presidents
The BN Village (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
A French Appeal Court in Paris yesterday rejected the demand of the Transparency International (TI) organization for leave to open a probe in France into the estates of three African heads of state. According to TI, the three leaders – Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo, Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea and the late Omar Bongo of Gabon – have assets in France totaling...
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France court refuses to hear embezzlement case against African heads of state
JURIST (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
[JURIST] The Paris Court of Appeals on Thursday refused to hear an embezzlement case brought by the anti-corruption group Transparency International (TI) against the late president of Gabon, the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the president of Equatorial Guinea. The complaint accused the late Omar Bongo of Gabon, Denis Sassou-Nguesso of the DRC, Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial...
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Mandela children enter foreword furore
IOL (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Nelson Mandela's daughters have condemned the alleged misuse of his name by Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou-Nguesso as "fraud, nothing more and nothing less".
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What Mandela should have said
Andrew Bolt (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, the president of Congo-Brazzaville, has written another book of his musings, complete with a gushing foreword…
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Book blurb a fake, says Mandela
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
JOHANNESBURG: In the crowded field of political biography, it can be hard to stand out. But Denis Sassou-Nguesso, the President of the Republic of Congo, has certainly made a splash.
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'I didn't abuse Mandela name'
Cape Times (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Congo Brazzaville President Denis Sassou-Nguesso is insisting on the retraction of a Nelson Mandela Foundation statement ...
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Madiba-Congo spat erupts
The Star (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Congo-Brazzavile President Denis Sassou-Nguesso is insisting on the retraction of a Nelson Mandela Foundation statement condemning his alleged "brazen abuse" of Mandela's name.
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Not so Straight Speaking for Africa
the Literary Saloon (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
I would have thought it would be hard to come up with words of praise for Denis Sassou Nguesso -- you may not have heard of him, but he's president of Congo-Brazzaville, and he's certainly not done much for that place -- but he has a new book out, Straight Speaking for Africa (get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk ) and it comes with a "Foreword by Nelson Mandela" that's just full...
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President of the Congo in trouble for forging foreward by Nelson Mandela
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Nelson Mandela Foundation accuses Congo president over fake foreword - Telegraph The cover of Straight Speaking for Africa by President Denis Sassou-Nguesso proudly proclaims "Foreword by Nelson Mandela". Inside, Mr Mandela. 91, is purported to hail a man who came to power in a coup in 1979 and after losing elections regained power by winning a civil war as "one of our great African...
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Mandela Plans Legal Action Over Foreword He Didn't Write
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
The new book by Denis Sassou-Nguesso, the president of Congo-Brazzaville, "boasts, in large type on the cover, that it contains a foreword written by Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president. ... Mandela has issued a statement saying he did not write the foreword. Nor has he read the book."...
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Mandela anger over 'fake endorsement'
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Nelson Mandela denies writing introduction praising Congo-Brazzaville's president as a 'great African leader' In the crowded field of political biography, it can be hard for a novice author to stand out. But not Denis Sassou-Nguesso, the president of Congo-Brazzaville, who has certainly managed to make a splash. In his new tome he boasts, in large type on the cover, that it contains a foreword written...
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Mandela Foundation denies he wrote foreword in book
In Entertainment (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
On the front cover of the new “Straight Speaking for Africa” book, which is by Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou-Nguesso, it says that Nelson Mandela wrote the foreword. But according to Associated Press, that is not the case. Reports say that Nelson Mandela’s foundation, is denying that he ever wrote a foreword to the African [...]
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Mandela denies writing book intro
BBC News (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Nelson Mandela denies writing words of praise in a foreword to Congolese leader Denis Sassou-Nguesso's book.
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Anger over 'fake' Mandela praise
BBC News (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Nelson Mandela denies writing words of praise in a foreword to Congolese leader Denis Sassou-Nguesso's book.