Reports that Severo Moto Nsa, self-styled leader of
Equatorial Guinea's Madrid-based government-in-exile, has surfaced
in Croatia, are unlikely to stop the feverish speculation
about what he's been doing since his family reported him missing
a month a...
Equatorial Guinea has failed to obtain disclosure of documents
it needs for its case against the alleged coup plotters of March
2004. British firm Penningtons, legal
advisors to the government and President Teodoro Obiang Nguema
Mbasogo, have been sui...
Since last year's muddled coup attempt involving British
citizens (including Sir Mark Thatcher), Britain's relations
with Equatorial Guinea have been cool. President Teodoro Obiang
Nguema Mbasogo seems to want to mend his fences, and has appointed his ...
Exclusive update on the Equatorian coup plot deals - only available online
The greatest threat to President Obiang's personal rule comes
from within - not from foreign plotters
The decision by Equatorial Guinea to include three British
citizens in legal proceedings in connection with an alleged mercenary-led
coup apparently uncovered last March is a clear indication of
deteriorating diplomatic and commercial relations between...
Several businessmen whose names are on the so-called 'wonga
list' obtained by South African investigators plan legal
action to contest claims of their alleged involvement in a coup
plot in March (AC Vol 45 Nos 6, 7 & 17). The list, seen by Africa ...
The 25 August raid by South Africa's 'Scorpion'
police squad on the Cape Town house of Mark Thatcher, son
of British ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher,
follows a private meeting last week with officials in Pretoria
about his alleged involvement in a...
An astonishing report by US legislators exposes some of the Obiang government's mass pilfering
President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has thwarted a second mercenary-sponsored coup attempt in three months, government officials claim. Five rebels were killed, others were captured and a security officer was injured in an incident on Corisco Island, ...
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