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Map of Equatorial Guinea. On 7 March 2004 Zimbabwean police in Harare airport impounded a plane which flew in from South Africa. [2] The alleged plot leader, ex-Special Air Service (SAS) officer Simon Mann, [3] was arrested with two colleagues near the runway while waiting for arms to be loaded on a Boeing 727 (N4610), carrying three crew and 64 former soldiers recruited in South Africa. [4]
On 7 March 2004, Mann is alleged to have led the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt. He was arrested by Zimbabwean police in Harare airport [1] [2] along with 64 other mercenaries. [3] [4] He eventually served three years of a four-year prison sentence in Zimbabwe, [5] and less than two years of a 34 years and four months sentence in ...
Parliamentary elections were held in Equatorial Guinea on 25 April 2004. They were won by the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, which won 68 of the 100 seats in the Chamber of People's Representatives.
Roberto Mandje was the only male athlete representing Equatorial Guinea at the Athens Olympics. He had not previously competed in any prior Olympic Games. [6] In an interview with BBC Spor prior to the Games, Mandje spoke of the pressure he faced from people in his home country expecting him to do well and wanted to quash comparisons to Moussambani he had been receiving: "I feel pretty ready ...
In 2003, following the death of his father, he was allowed to use the title of 'Sir' due to his inheritance of the Thatcher baronetcy a year before he was arrested in South Africa in connection with the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt. He pleaded guilty to breaking anti-mercenary legislation in January 2005. [18]
Despite eventually lowering his personal best in the 100 metres freestyle to under 57 seconds, [11] Moussambani was denied entry into the 2004 Olympic Games due to a visa bungle. [12] He did not take part in the 2008 Summer Olympics. [13] In March 2012 he was appointed coach of the national swimming squad of Equatorial Guinea. [14]
1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état: Government of Equatorial Guinea: Supreme Military Council: Defeat. Coup attempt successful; Francisco Macías Nguema is imprisoned and executed on September 29, 1979; 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt: Equatorial Guinea: Private mercenaries Victory. Coup plot fails; Coup plotters arrested in ...
2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt; P. 2004 Equatorial Guinean parliamentary election This page was last edited on 20 February 2020, at 18:55 (UTC). Text is ...