Equatorial Guinea
 Equatorial Guinea    | |
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| File:Location Equatorial Guinea AU Africa.svg | |
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| Location | Central Africa, Africa |
| Type | nation state |
| Member of | African Union, La Francophonie, Organisation of African Unity, UN |
| Subpage | •Equatorial Guinea/2004 coup d'état attempt |
| Very small country in Central Africa, between Gabon and Cameroon. Rich in oil. | |
Equatorial Guinea is a small, recently oil rich country in Central Africa which was subject to a coup in 1979 and a failed coup in 2004 which, according to its leader Simon Mann was backed by a small gang of financiers from the UK including Mark Thatcher and Jeffrey Archer.
2004 Coup attempt
- Full article: 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt
- Full article: 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt
In 2004, Simon Mann, funded by Mark Thatcher, Jeffrey Archer and others lead a small team of mercenaries in a coup attempt which failed to install an exiled opposition politician, Severo Moto, as the new president. They had been promised the considerable oil rights of this nation state. Mann turned states evidence and was sentenced to 34 years in prison but released after only five.
Foreign relations
In August 2011, Conservative MP Nadine Dorries led Britain's first parliamentary delegation to Equatorial Guinea. She met with prime minister Ignacio Milam Tang, for which she was criticised in The Guardian.[1]
Event
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| Equatorial Guinea/2004 coup d'état attempt |
