Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
(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
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Mercenary Nick du Toit has told how he was threatened with death by an adviser to Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.
Bush Radio 89.5 fm Newsroom (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
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) | 11/05/2009
• 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) | 11/04/2009
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...
JURIST (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
[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) | 11/03/2009
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...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The government of Equatorial Guinea has freed four South African mercenaries jailed for plotting to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, South Africa's foreign ministry has announced.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Nairobi/Malabo - British mercenary Simon Mann and four others convicted of attempting to overthrow Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema have been pardoned, according to the West African nation's information ministry. Mann, 57, was senten...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Will the mysteries surrounding the 'wonga coup' be solved now the chief plotter is on his way home from Equatorial Guinea? So Simon Mann , international man of mystery, the very model of a modern day mercenary, is free. Sentenced last year, after a show trial, to 34 years in jail (plus a few million dollars in fines) to be served in the notorious Black Beach prison in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, he...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
How the Old Etonian plotted a coup against Equatorial Guinea's president, was jailed and then won a pardon Simon Mann goes free from Equatorial Guinea prison How did Simon Mann end up in jail? In March 2004, the former SAS officer led a group of 64 mainly South African mercenaries in an attempt to seize control of Equatorial Guinea by overthrowing its president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema M'basogo, and...
The Star (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
British mercenary Simon Mann and four others convicted of attempting to overthrow Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema have been pardoned, according to the West African nation's information ministry.
Cape Argus (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
NAIROBI/MALABO: British mercenary Simon Mann and four others convicted of attempting to overthrow Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema have been pardoned, according to the West African nation's information ministry.
POLITICAL REALITY NOW (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
British mercenary pardoned over Equatorial Guinea plot November 3, 2009 -- Former British commando Simon Mann was serving a 34-year sentence for his role in the plot. CNN) -- British mercenary Simon Mann, jailed last year for his part in plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea, has been granted a presidential pardon, the country's Information Ministry said Tuesday. The pardon was given on humanitarian...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Equatorial Guinea has granted amnesty to Britain's Simon Mann and South African Nick Du Toit, two mercenaries convicted for an attempted coup plot in March 2004, national radio announced Tuesday. According to a decree dated November 2 read on national radio, "total amnesty" was granted to Mann "for humanitarian reasons" after having considered "his state of health". Mann...
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