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• Jobs: Maritime Security Enhancement Program, Equatorial Guinea

  
  Feral Jundi — Authority: 138
     Another cool opportunity folks.  I am not the recruiter for this, and follow the instructions below if you would like to find out more about this position. MPRI is a good company and this should be an interesting gig. Good luck. - Matt ——————————————————————   ...
  6 days ago

• Iran and the Wailing of the Copenhagen Choir

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  From the shores of what was once capitalist America, I’ve been trying to follow on webcast the highlights of of the United Nations climate con — I mean conference — in Copenhagen, featuring eco-messages from some of the world’s top celebrity tyrants. As Roger Simon so neatly put it in a post and PJTV webcast from ...
  1 week ago

• Rwandan And French Leaders to Discuss Improvement of Bilateral Ties

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 153
  Barely two weeks after Rwanda and France reconciled, Rwandan President Paul Kagame is expected on Wednesday to meet his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy on the sidelines of a regional conference. Kagame will be making his first visit to France since 1994 and their talks, according to reliable sources are to center ...
  1 week ago

• The Dragon in Africa: How Chinese Investment Changes The Game

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 644
  By David AbrahamAl-Jazeera recently posted a video highlighting an investment surge in the tiny central African nation of Equatorial Guinea.  The country is the third largest exporter of petroleum and gas–a fact that is not immediately obvious when looking at the quality of life for its 500,000 citizens.  But with ...
  2 weeks ago

• Election Shenanigans in Equatorial Guinea

  
  Africa — Authority: 419
  I always wonder why despots and tyrants and authoritarians don’t realize that holding farce elections in which they win more than 90% of the popular vote actually serves to undermine their legitimacy. Granted, they don’t care — not caring what others think is sort of their thing, which explains why they are ...
  2 weeks ago

• EQUATORIAL GUINEA AND THE AXIS OF OIL

  
  One Humanity — Authority: 114
  Despite extensive PR spending and business deals with western nations one of Africas worst dictators remains largely ignored, and for a good reason, his human rights record is so blatantly horrific the most gifted PR specialist could not defend it, affording human rights activists a unique opportunity to disrupt the ...
  2 weeks ago

• President Nguema of Equatorial Guinea on course to extend three-decade rule

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea, who has ruled for three decades, is to extend his grip on power for seven more years after winning 96.7% of the vote in an election. The figure was published on the governments website today after returns from about a quarter of voting stations, but the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Worldwide Hotel Deals

  
  Vacation Visitor Info Travel Deals — Authority: 143
  You will not find a better place to get a better hotel deal than right here! If you want to travel there, it has a hotel! If it has a hotel you will find the best deal here! You will get the best lodging price for rooms in Afghanistan , Albania , Algeria , American Samoa , Andorra , Angola , Anguilla , ...
  3 weeks ago

• Equatorial Guinea ruler extends 30-year term

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea, who has already ruled for three decades, is set to extend his grip on power for another seven years after winning 96.7% of the vote. The figure was published on the governments website today after returns from around a quarter of voting stations, but the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Equatorial Guineas Corrupt President Suspiciously Confident About Upcoming Election [Dictator Style]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 861
  Shamelessly corrupt dictator-presidents should know that predicting a near-100 percent victory two days before an election is bad behavior, even for them. Unless they care more about enriching themselves while their country starves, like Equatorial Guinea s Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. First off, lets just get ...
  4 weeks ago

• Equatorial Guinea - President dominates state media election coverage, opposition invisible

  
  Reporters Sans Frontires — Authority: 136
  In the absence of any independent media, Reporters Without Borders condemns the state-owned medias totally one-sided coverage of the campaign for the 29 November presidential election. After winning the 2002 election with 97.1 per cent of the votes, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has “promised” to win this one ...
  4 weeks ago

• Back From Black Beach Prison, Equatorial Guinea

  
  BOOK SA - News — Authority: 483
  The men convicted of plotting to overthrow the government of Teodoro Obiang Nguema in 2004, have been given a presidential pardon and released from the notorious Black Beach Prison in Malabo, Equitorial Guinea. Leader Simon Mann, whose role in the plot is examined in The Wonga Coup by Adam Roberts held the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Are SA mercenaries assisting Guinea’s military junta?

  
  Thought Leader — Authority: 557
  Within a matter of weeks of Britain’s Simon Mann being granted a pardon for his part in a foiled 2004 coup attempt on Equatorial Guinea (which included a number of our guys), South Africans are once again being linked to mercenary activity. This time the allegations relate to Guinea where they are purportedly [...]
  4 weeks ago

• (Corrected) Equatorial Guinea: Human Rights Concerns Taint Election

  
  http://www.hrw.org/en/news — Authority: 657
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  4 weeks ago

• Industry Talk: Simon Mann Paid £400k In Wonga To Buy His Way Out Of jail, Claims Nick Du Toit

  
  Feral Jundi — Authority: 138
     This just keeps getting better and more juicy with every detail that comes out.  If a movie is not made about this whole deal, I would be very surprised.  You watch, Nick will have a book deal to counter Simon’s book. Simon’s book which will more than likely thrash Thatcher and company, will probably ...
  4 weeks ago

• Is the “wonga” running out for Africa’s mercenaries?

  
  Africa Blog — Authority: 118
  Africa’s infamous “dogs of war” may still be going strong, but it seems the rewards of the mercenary life aren’t quite what they used to be.   Only this month, Britain’s Simon Mann won a pardon for his part in a foiled 2004 coup attempt on Equatorial Guinea, an old-style adventure whose glittering prize ...
  4 weeks ago

• All That Jazz! Concha Buika

  
  The MIMI Magazine Blog (((www.mimimagazine.com))) — Authority: 120
  Written By: Staff Writer—Concha Buikas (pronounced BWEE-kah) musical fusion of flamenco, jazz, soul and dance rhythms has been a sensation in Spain since her debut album, Mi Nina Lola, came out in 2005.  The album earned Buika credibility, recognition, awards, and a fan base yearning for more.  Buikas latest ...
  4 weeks ago

• Will Amazon’s Global Kindle Work in YOUR Country?

  
  Dedicated Elementary Teacher Overseas — Authority: 103
  Amazons Global Kindle Reader I heard that Amazon now has a global version of Kindle. I was disappointed to find this morning that the new version still will not work in my country. Since I’ve wanted one for some time, but have been waiting until they got a version that would work in my country, I checked out ...
  4 weeks ago

• Toilet Politics, Oil and the Malibu Mansion

  
  Holli's ramblings — Authority: 414
  I was going to write the other day, on World Toilet Day – which was on Thursday. Not because I wanted to highlight the sad reality that a vast number of people on the continent where I live have no access to proper sanitation, including toilets… I was going to write on that day because I heard, on the same BBC ...
  5 weeks ago

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