The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
The exiled opposition leader of Equatorial Guinea has spoken for the first time about his role in a failed plot to overthrow the president of the oil rich west African nation.
Winds of Change.NET (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
The best line I've read in a while, in a story about a failed coup in Ivory Coast: "And even considering that Simon Mann had spent most of his adult life obliterating the fine line between profitable military adventures and hare-brained schemes, this was not a well-planned operation."
BLACKFIVE (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
Mark Hemingway, an NRO staff writer, has a very interesting and well-researched piece in the Weekly Standard, about Simon Mann and his ill-fated and potentially "Dogs of War"-based coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea. I have some personal experience and knowledge...
Test Match Special (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
By Simon Mann at Lord's Grant Flower, the oldest man on the pitch, transformed a tense final into a comfortable canter for a buoyant Essex team as Kent paid for their careless batting. Flower was not the obvious match-winner coming into the game but he has played more one-day internationals than anyone on either side and he used that experience to wrestle the match away from Kent. Alastair Cook's...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
"Flower's ruthless professionalism contrasted sharply with Kent's indiscipline"
Cornish Guardian (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
Torpoint Athletic's 3-1 victory over Elburton Villa, in the Carlsberg South West Peninsula League premier division, will be remembered for the eight yellow and three red cards issued by referee Simon Mann and not the football.
Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Simon Mann; 5/8/08 Iraqi interpreters given asylum in Australia after working alongside Australian troops during the occupation of their country say they feel short-changed by the Federal Government since arriving in Australia two months ago. The interpreters, who faced persecution in Iraq and were branded traitors by many of their countrymen, feel they have been dumped [...]
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
Kate Cronin-Furman of the blog Wronging Rights, comments on Equatorial Guinea's last week sentencing to 34 years in jail of Simon Mann for his role “in the World's Most Ill-Conceived Coup Attempt on Record. He, along with roughly 70 other foreign nationals, had been arrested in the Harare (Zimbabwe) airport on March 7, 2004 and [...]
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
I HAVE remained silent during the trial of Simon Mann down in the hellhole of Equatorial Guinea because when someone is on trial for his life in an African tyranny he already has enough problems.
a million pieces (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
A good piece on the first post about Simon Mann. I have to say, it's pretty shameful how little it seems our Govt. have done for the chap. I know that he broke the law, but lets face it he was trying to depose an evil psycho. It's like if someone stole an axe murderers axe. Yes, they'd have broken the law, but it may have proved helpful. I hate this mamby pamby lets not be too hard on the evil dictator...
Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
A court in Equatorial Guinea convicted former British officer Simon Mann of being the key player in a failed 2004 coup
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
As Simon Mann is sentenced to 34 years for failed coup, speculation persists over the true scale of the affair, writes Clive Fairweather
The Shebeen (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Former British army officer Simon Mann has been sentenced to 34 years in jail by a court in Equatorial Guinea, for his part in an attempted coup. ...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Former British army officer Simon Mann has been sentenced to 34 years in jail by a court in Equatorial Guinea, for his part in an attempted coup.
The Wardman Wire (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
A fascinating, morally ambiguous, article from today's Independent about the attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea, that has resulted in Simon Mann's 34 year prison sentence and attempts to extradite Mark Thatcher. Janes Brabazon was hired to make a propaganda film to present the new regime to the world.
