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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea, who has ruled for three decades, is to extend his grip on power for seven more years after winning 96.7% of the vote in an election. The figure was published on the government's website today after returns from about a quarter of voting stations, but the opposition has refused to accept the result amid accusations of fraud and intimidation. The...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea, who has already ruled for three decades, is set to extend his grip on power for another seven years after winning 96.7% of the vote. The figure was published on the government's website today after returns from around a quarter of voting stations, but the opposition has refused to accept the result amid accusations of fraud and intimidation. The...
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Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
BBC Four's Storyville secures an exclusive interview with pardoned coup mercenary Simon Mann.
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Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Former British Soldier Simon Mann has been sentenced for his involvement in a coup plot against the government of Equatorial Guinea in 2004. The plot was uncovered by the Zimbabwe Government. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos Obiang Nguema set to extend rule Reuters MALABO. Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema looked to extend his 30-year rule over the Central...
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
RESULTS are not announced until 7 December, but the winner of this weekend's election in Equatorial Guinea, where former British soldier Simon Mann attempted a coup in 2
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
RESULTS are not announced until 7 December, but the winner of this weekend's election in Equatorial Guinea, where former British soldier Simon Mann attempted a coup in 2
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Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Simon Mann, a British mercenary jailed for plotting against the government of Equatorial Guinea, has said SA tacitly supported a failed 2004 coup.
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Feral Jundi (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
This just keeps getting better and more juicy with every detail that comes out. If a movie is not made about this whole deal, I would be very surprised. You watch, Nick will have a book deal to counter Simon’s book. Simon’s book which will more than likely thrash Thatcher and company, will probably [...]
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IPE Journal (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
As I catch up on some reading this weekend, a little story out of a tiny west African nation has caught my attention again. Earlier this month, Simon Mann, an ' Eton-educated former SAS officer ' and, as of late, British mercenary, had his 34 year sentence pardoned in Equatorial Guinea. Mann was arrested en Zimbabwe in 2004 along with a shady band of mercenaries in route to Equatorial Guinea. After...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Simon Mann the freed British mercenary allegedly "bribed" his way out of prison in Equatorial Guinea for £400000 according to one of his coconspirators.
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Bush Radio 89.5 fm Newsroom (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
By Ofentse Mokae 22 November 2009 Mercenary Niek Du Toit says the South African intelligence services knew of the 2004 foiled coup in Equatorial Guinea beforehand, but did nothing to stop the operation. In an interview with a local publication Du Toit said the government gave its tacit approval because it wanted to get hold of the financiers behind the plans. Du Toit, coup leader Simon Mann and three...
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Look At This... (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Secret D-Day documents discovered The Thirty Years War Simon Mann, freed dog of war, is demanding justice The capture of Adolf Eichmann is one of the more daring spy operations in the post WWII era. The story spans 17 years, beginning with Eichmann's clandestine escape from the Allied forces and the Nuremberg trial, and ending with his hanging in Israel Military Censorship of Photographs in World War...
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HPANWO Voice (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
This is interesting: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1225860/Will-Dog-War-Simon-Mann-Mark-Thatcher-bars.html I’m afraid I have no sympathy for Simon Mann. He was involved in a plot to ferment a coup in Africa for business purposes. Such activities have ruined the lives of millions of people across the Third World by creating poverty and oppressive regimes. Also he’s a very naïve...
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Craig Murray (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
I am not rejoicing at the return of Old Etonian Simon Mann from jail in Equatorial Guinea. His failed coup attempt was just one of a series of ventures in which a group of upper class public school English former officers worked with former apartheid era forces to try to seize control of mineral resources across Africa. You can find the story of my own involvement with them, the full background and...
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I think it is wonderful that Simon Mann has been pardoned and freed .......... he has suffered enough and been punished enough ........... There are several...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
You published an article by ex-minister Kim Howells ( Comment, 4 November ) calling for "necessarily intrusive" surveillance of Muslim communities in Britain because of the al-Qaida threat. The day after you reported that Irish Republican "dissidents" are committed to carrying out terrorist attacks in mainland Britain ( Report , 5 November). Will Howells now call for "necessarily...
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