Equatorial Guinea

Trial a sham - SA mercenary

It was three days after judgment in the “show trial” of the Equatorial Guinea coup plotters before Niek du Toit discovered he had been sentenced to 34 years imprisonment in the country's notorious Black Beach prison.

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'The rats tried to eat us'

Julian Rademeyer Johannesburg - Niek du Toit's wrists still bear the scars of the handcuffs that were so tightly fastened they cut to the bone. First six weeks “The first six weeks were the worst,â€_ Du Toit said in an...

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Equatorial Guinea: Secret Documents Reveal Multi-million Dollar Shopping Spree by Dictator's Son

Confidential 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...

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40,000 tickets sold for match, according to MLS

As of late Friday, 40,000 tickets had been sold to MLS Cup 2009 at Qwest Field in Seattle. Some tickets are still available for purchase. Seattle Sounders FC, the host club, set an MLS record by averaging more than 30,000 fans...

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India 135 in FIFA rankings

jumped three places to 135th in the latest FIFA [ Images ] rankings. With 163 points to its credit, India shares the 135th spot with Myanmar and Equatorial Guinea. India remains at 23rd among Asia countries behind Myanmar and...

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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 on one of the firm's biggest clients, Equatorial Guinea. So he's hitting back against the reporter using an unusual vehicle: his...

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Of Twitter, Plagiarism and Online Journalism

Posted by Zach Lowe As online journalists, we bristle when people think the standards for Web stories are lower than for those in print. In the first, the Journal Inquirer of Manchester, a family-owned paper based outside of...

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Africa: Opacity Blamed for Bad Oil Deals in Africa

Campaigners from fifty countries from around the world meeting in Montreal, Canada to strategise on pushing further the frontiers of transparency in oil, gas, and mining industries, have blamed opacity in oil and mineral...

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Wojtaszczyk Joins Bisso Marine

Bisso Marine announced the addition of Andy Wojtaszczyk. Wojtaszczyk joins the company as Subsea Services project manager, managing saturation diving and ROV operations.Prior to joining Bisso Marine, Wojtaszczyk served as ROV...

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The Danger For Ghana In Oil

Oxford Analytica, 11.19.09, 06:00 AM EST Can the country avoid the pitfalls other African nations have faced? Although the deleterious effects of oil wealth in such countries as Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria are...

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