Person: President Teodoro Obiang

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Anger as dictator Obiang picked to head African Union

African leaders were under fire today after choosing Equatorial Guinea’s coup plotter and dictator of 31 years as their ceremonial leader for this year.

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Mercenaries to be freed from Zimbabwe jail

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Thatcher again denies he helped finance coup plot

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Deal that kept thatcher out of jail

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Mark Thatcher 'plea deal' over coup plot

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Thatcher in coup plea bargain deal

Mandelson may face questioned on botched coup

Britain's European Union commissioner Peter Mandelson may be questioned by South African police over his knowledge of an attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea, it was claimed today.

Sun, 28 Nov, 2004

Arms dealer du Toit gets 34-year sentence for coup attempt

SOUTH African arms dealer Nick du Toit, who has been linked to Mark Thatcher, was jailed for 34 years in Equatorial Guinea yesterday for his part in a failed coup.

Sat, 27 Nov, 2004

Arms dealer linked to Thatcher escapes death sentence

A South African arms dealer linked to Sir Mark Thatcher escaped the death penalty but was jailed for 34 years today for his role in an Equatorial Guinea coup plot.

Fri, 26 Nov, 2004

Verdicts expected in African oil coup trial

A South African arms dealer, linked to Margaret Thatcher's son Mark, faces the possibility of execution by firing squad as oil-rich Equatorial Guinea today weighed verdicts for 19 alleged mercenaries and others at the end of a coup trial.

Fri, 26 Nov, 2004

Thatcher charged in Equatorial Guinea coup plot

Mark Thatcher has been charged with involvement in a coup plot in oil rich Equatorial Guinea, prosecutors confirmed today.

Thu, 18 Nov, 2004

Fact imitates Dogs of War fiction in Equatorial Guinea

Frederick Forsyth wrote it up as The Dogs of War, and set it in Equatorial Guinea: A rag-tag band of mercenaries, recruited by a British elite, tries to seize control of a mineral-rich, African backwater.

Mon, 30 Aug, 2004

Thatcher planning to leave South Africa when arrested

MARK THATCHER was planning to leave South Africa when he was arrested, authorities said yesterday.

Fri, 27 Aug, 2004

Thatcher arrested for alleged coup plot

MARK THATCHER, son of former British Prime Minister Margaret, was charged yesterday with violating South Africa's anti-mercenary law in connection with an alleged plot to topple the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.

Thu, 26 Aug, 2004

Thatcher charged with aiding coup bid

Mark Thatcher, son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, was arrested and charged today with helping to finance a foiled coup attempt in oil rich Equatorial Guinea.

Wed, 25 Aug, 2004

14 accused of Africa's biggest mercenary plot

A trial in Africa’s biggest mercenary case in decades was set to open today in the rain-streaked capital of Equatorial Guinea, with soldiers of fortune from Europe, Africa and Asia accused in an alleged plot to take control of the country’s oil wealth.

Mon, 23 Aug, 2004

Ex-SAS man held in mercenary plot to overthrow government

Sixty-four suspected mercenaries detained in Zimbabwe this week were hired to help overthrow the government in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea with the assistance of British, American, and Spanish intelligence agencies, the Zimbabwe government claimed.

Thu, 11 Mar, 2004