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Secret Documents Reveal Multi-million Dollar Shopping Spree by Dictator's SonConfidential U.S. government documents uncovered by campaign group Global Witness and reported on in today's New York Times, strongly suggest that Teodorin Obiang, son of the dictator of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, purchased a $33 million private jet, a $35 million Malibu mansion, speedboats and a fleet of fast cars using corruptly acquired funds. (AllAfrica)
India now 135th in the world
By Arunava Chaudhuri, New Delhi, Nov 21 : : In the latest FIFA World rankings released Friday India have gained another three places to be now ranked 135th amongst 207 ranked nations.
(Topix.net)Firm Vice Chairman Uses Twitter to Strike Back at NYT Reporter for Story on Client
Cassidy & Associates vice chairman Gregg Hartley didn't like a critical New York Times story this week on one of the firm's biggest clients, Equatorial Guinea.
(Topix.net)BG Can Divert LNG From US in Gas Glut, Eq. Guinea
Equatorial Guinea is now happy for BG Group, the sole buyer of its liquefied natural gas, to sell the fuel where it can after target market the United States lost its appetite, its deputy energy minister said on Wednesday.
(Topix.net)Corruption list is no indication that all is well at home
The Times Editorial: It went by pretty much unnoticed, perhaps because it contained some very uncomfortable truths, but Transparency International's report on the world's most corrupt governments is important.
(Topix.net)KEN SILVERSTEINa "More on Equatorial Guineaa TMs Oil-Sotted Crook
A tipster, who works on Rodeo Drive, says Teodoro Nguema Obiang, the Ferrari-driving big spender who plunders Equatorial Guinea's oil wealth is dating a family member and just dropped $70,000 in one store on clothes for her.
(Topix.net)U.S. Door Stays Open in Face of Swirl of Corruption
Several times every year, Teodoro Nguema Obiang arrives at the doorstep of the United States from his home in Equatorial Guinea , on his way to his $35 million estate in Malibu, Calif., his fleet of luxury cars, his speedboats and private jet.
(Topix.net)Tanzania: Panama Deep-Sea Drilling Ship 'West Polaris' for Dar
As an oil-starved East Africa intensifies its search for the product, Tanzania is expecting a drilling ship to dock next month to propel the country's off-shore exploration.
(Topix.net)Iron Man,Wild Goose! Sounds like a finger up a tin man's backside,doesn't it?
Simon Mann, freed dog of war, is demanding justice. After more than five years in jail, the British mercenary is seeking vengeance on others he says were part of the failed ' Wonga Coup ' a ' including Mark Thatcher.
(Topix.net)Thatcher escapes prosecution for failed Equatorial Guinea coup
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.
(Topix.net)Freed Equatorial Guinea coup-plotter says others should face justice in case, returns home
In this Thursday, June 19, 2008 file photo, British ex-military officer Simon Mann, front right, accused of masterminding a failed coup plot, sits with other defendants at the start of the third day of trial proceedings, at a conference center in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.
(Topix.net)British Mercenary Seeks Revenge and Book Deal
An expensive round of score-settling and legal cases among the purported financiers and conspirators behind the 2004 coup plot in Equatorial Guinea is likely to be the immediate outcome of the release of convicted plotter Simon Mann, a dual British and South African national, in Malabo on 2 November. (AllAfrica)
Not for the Sons of African Rulers
IF SIR Mark Thatcher was the son of an African ruler his conduct would confirm the worst prejudices of the west. Instead, as the son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, he is mostly regarded as a wayward, mildly dim embarrassment. (AllAfrica)
Government Satisfied With Zimbabwe Decision
Government is satisfied by the agreement reached between Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) recently, says International Relations and Cooperation Director General, Ayanda Ntsaluba. (AllAfrica)
Equatorial Guinea: After his Release, Simon Mann Seeks Revenge and a Book Deal
An expensive round of score-settling and legal cases among the purported financiers and conspirators behind the 2004 coup plot in Equatorial Guinea is likely to be the immediate outcome of the release of convicted plotter Simon Mann, a dual British and South Africannational, in Malabo on 2 November.
(Topix.net)Inside details of Mann's coup plot
By De Wet Potgieter From the start, the bungled plot to topple the regime of Equatorial Guinea in March 2004 was a convoluted web of lies, deceit and double dealings - and, in hindsight, clearly doomed to failure.
(Topix.net)Freed dog of war demands justice
After more than five years in jail, the British mercenary is seeking vengeance on others he says were part of the failed 'Wonga Coup' a ' including Mark Thatcher The statements had a certain similarity.
(Topix.net)Papers may link Mark Thatcher to coup plot
Photograph: Anna Zieminski/AFP/Getty Images Documents detailing Sir Mark Thatcher's alleged involvement in the botched coup in Equatorial Guinea are among evidence being examined by Scotland Yard.
(Topix.net)Equatorial Guinea mercenary Simon Mann back in Britain
Simon Mann arrived back in the UK yesterday for a "wonderful homecoming". The ex-SAS soldier, who has been away five and a half years, was pardoned after serving 15 months of a 34-year sentence over a bungled coup in Equatorial Guinea.
(Topix.net)Mercenaries back in SA
The South African mercenaries jailed for their part in an Equatorial Guinea coup plot are back in South Africa, a security expert said on Friday.
(Topix.net)Freed Guinea coup plot mercensary Simon Mann returns to UK
FREED mercenary Simon Mann arrived back in the UK yesterday to "the most wonderful homecoming I could ever have imagined.
(Topix.net)An Unwelcome Reputation
BECAUSE coups should generally not be encouraged, we are uncomfortable about the prospect that President Jacob Zuma might have played an important role in the early release of four South African mercenaries who have just been granted amnesty for a failed 2004 coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea. (AllAfrica)
Zuma Returns From Equatorial Guinea
President Jacob Zuma's visit to Equatorial Guinea provided a good opportunity for both South Africa and that country to proceed to review different issues relating to bilateral cooperation. (AllAfrica)
Zuma Visits Obiang
At the invitation of His Exellency OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, His Excellency Jacob ZUMA, President of the Republic of South Africa, carried out a Working Visit to Equatorial Guinea, from the 3rd to the 4th of November, 2009, heading a high-level delegation. (AllAfrica)
AFRICA: ‘Sexually-transmitted grades’ kills quality education
DAKAR Friday, October 10, 2008 (IRIN) - Sexual exploitation in African schools has become so widespread that children have come up with their own terms to refer to sexual relations with their teachers. From ‘Sexually Transmitted Grades’ to ‘BF’, or bordel fatigue, which refers to exhaustion from multiple sexual activities with teachers, this slang hints at the prevalence of exploitation in Africa’s learning environments. (irinnews.org)
SA, E Guinea condemn mercenaries
Leaders of South Africa and Equatorial Guinea condemned the activities of mercenaries, in a joint communique, following the release of five men jailed over a 2004 coup plot in Malabo.
(Topix.net)Timeline: Equatorial Guinea
A chronology of key events : 1471 - Portuguese navigator Fernao do Po sights the island of Fernando Poo, which is now called Bioko.
(Topix.net)Released British mercenary back home
Nov 4 - A wealthy British mercenary has arrived back home after being pardoned in Equatorial Guinea for trying to overthrow the President of the oil-rich African nation.
(Topix.net)Department Confirms Release of Locals in Equatorial Guinea
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has confirmed the release of four South Africans by the Equatorial Guinea Government into the custody of the South African Embassy in Malabo. (AllAfrica)
Zuma to Cement Ties With Equatorial Guinea
President Jacob Zuma is due to visit the oil rich Equatorial Guinea today with the aim of strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries. (AllAfrica)
Equatorial Guinea president pardons British coup plotter
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