IOL (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Oil-rich Equatorial Guinea are going to the polls in what observers say is an election designed to rubber stamp the rule of long-term president Teodoro Obiang Nguema.
I Luv SA (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
By Lord Aikins Adusei Corruption and embezzlement are a way of life for African leaders. From South Africa to Egypt there is no country where corruption is not endemic. In Equatorial Guinea where oil export has earned the country billions of dollars, the 600,000 people living in the country continue to live in poverty while Teodoro Obiang Nguema and his cronies continue to siphon the oil revenue with...
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
(New York) - Conditions in Equatorial Guinea cast serious doubt about the credibility of the forthcoming presidential election, Human Rights Watch said today. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has ruled the oil-rich West African country since seizing power in a coup in 1979, is widely expected to easily win the presidential vote scheduled for November 29, 2009. read more
Democracy Resource Center Blog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
URL: http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/07/09/well-oiled-0 . Source: Human Rights Watch. This 107-page report details how the dictatorship under President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has used an oil boom to entrench and enrich itself further at the expense of the country's people. Since oil was discovered there in the early 1990s, Equatorial Guinea's gross domestic product (GDP) has increased more...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Mercenary Nick du Toit has told how he was threatened with death by an adviser to Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.
Swords Into Plowshares (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
In spite of the fact that blogging here has been sporadic, I can't let this story in the New York Times go without notice. Notwithstanding a federal law and a presidential proclamation designed to bar corrupt foreign officials from entering the United States, Teodoro Nguema Obiang has no trouble visiting his Malibu estate whenever he wants to. His father, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, also...
Bossip (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Teodoro Nguema Obiang, the son of Equatorial Guinean dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasog, who is known for his lavish spending and on-again, off-again relationship with rapper Eve, is said to be seeing his cousin. Pop the top for more on this weirder than weird story. According to sources close to Teodoro Nguema Obiang, he is [...]
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The New York Times reported on the political machinations that allow the son of Equatorial Guinean dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo to move freely in the US. Here's what they didn't tell you...
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The New York Times reported on the political machinations that allow the son of Equatorial Guinean dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo to move freely in the US. Here's what they didn't tell you...
Bush Radio 89.5 fm Newsroom (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
By Khanyisa Tabata 06 November 2009 The Government says there has been no word yet on the return to South Africa of four mercenaries pardoned this week by the government of Equatorial Guinea. International Relations and Cooperation spokesperson Nomfanelo Kota says in a statement they have not been advised of anything yet. An embassy official in Malabo did not want to be quoted and referred further...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
• Police yet to interview pair named by freed mercenary • Officers look into London connection to operation Documents detailing Sir Mark Thatcher's alleged involvement in the botched coup in Equatorial Guinea are among evidence being examined by Scotland Yard. The counter-terrorism command has yet to interview Thatcher or the businessman Ely Calil, who were named by the mercenary Simon Mann...
France24 (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Mercenary Simon Mann voiced relief on Wednesday as he arrived home after more than five "tough" years behind bars for a failed 2004 coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea. Mann flew back to Britain on a private jet facing a possible new investigation into the coup plot, which could implicate other influential associates. The former SAS officer said he was "hugely grateful" to...
SUBROSA (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Two years ago I was intrigued by a documentary in which Simon Mann gave evidence against some of his 'management team' when he led the botched coup in Equatorial Guinea back in 2004. Mann had stood to gain £9m if the coup had succeeded. The old Etonian and ex-SAS officer was sentenced to 34 years imprisonment but has been released by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema this week on 'humanitarian...
JURIST (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
[JURIST] Former British officer Simon Mann, convicted last year of involvement in a 2004 coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea, was released from prison Tuesday after being pardoned by Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. Mann and his accomplices, four South African mercenaries, left the country Wednesday after being given 24 hours to depart. They are banned from reentering Equatorial...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Timing of Simon Mann's pardon and those of four South African mercenaries looks like political expediency Those closest to the trial of Simon Mann in Equatorial Guinea will probably be the least surprised he has walked free with 32 years of his sentence left to serve. Reports after Mann's sentencing in July last year suggested he had cut a deal with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema's regime. "He...
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