In this Friday, July 25, 2008 file photo, Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema is seen through reflections in a car window, following the end of the Portuguese Speaking Countries Community summit in Lisbon, Portugal.

Jerry was six years and two months old when he fell in the muddy street. He tried, but he couldn't get up.

Conditions in Equatorial Guinea cast serious doubt about the credibility of the forthcoming presidential election, Human Rights Watch said today.

It was an extraordinary scene. British mercenary Simon Mann was deep in conversation with his chief prosecutor, the Attorney General of Equatorial Guinea, the man who had brought him to justice for plotting to overthrow the West African country's government.

Simon Mann, the freed British mercenary, allegedly "bribed" his way out of prison in Equatorial Guinea for 400,000, according to one of his co-conspirators. Freed mercenary Simon Mann in the English countryside following his pardon and release from the Government of Equatorial Guinea Photo: PA Nick du Toit, who was jailed alongside the former SAS ...

By Ofentse Mokae 22 November 2009 Mercenary Niek Du Toit says the South African intelligence services knew of the 2004 foiled coup in Equatorial Guinea beforehand, but did nothing to stop the operation.

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 $33 million private jet, a $35 million Malibu mansion, speedboats and a fleet of fast cars using corruptly acquired funds.

By Arunava Chaudhuri, New Delhi, Nov 21 : : In the latest FIFA World rankings released Friday India have gained another three places to be now ranked 135th amongst 207 ranked nations.

Cassidy & Associates vice chairman Gregg Hartley didn't like a critical New York Times story this week on one of the firm's biggest clients, Equatorial Guinea.

Equatorial Guinea is now happy for BG Group, the sole buyer of its liquefied natural gas, to sell the fuel where it can after target market the United States lost its appetite, its deputy energy minister said on Wednesday.

The Times Editorial: It went by pretty much unnoticed, perhaps because it contained some very uncomfortable truths, but Transparency International's report on the world's most corrupt governments is important.

A tipster, who works on Rodeo Drive, says Teodoro Nguema Obiang, the Ferrari-driving big spender who plunders Equatorial Guinea's oil wealth is dating a family member and just dropped $70,000 in one store on clothes for her.

Several times every year, Teodoro Nguema Obiang arrives at the doorstep of the United States from his home in Equatorial Guinea , on his way to his $35 million estate in Malibu, Calif., his fleet of luxury cars, his speedboats and private jet.

As an oil-starved East Africa intensifies its search for the product, Tanzania is expecting a drilling ship to dock next month to propel the country's off-shore exploration.

Simon Mann, freed dog of war, is demanding justice. After more than five years in jail, the British mercenary is seeking vengeance on others he says were part of the failed ' Wonga Coup ' a ' including Mark Thatcher.

Mark Thatcher may never be prosecuted in the United Kingdom for his role in the failed coup in Equatorial Guinea, say senior British law enforcement sources.

In this Thursday, June 19, 2008 file photo, British ex-military officer Simon Mann, front right, accused of masterminding a failed coup plot, sits with other defendants at the start of the third day of trial proceedings, at a conference center in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.

An expensive round of score-settling and legal cases among the purported financiers and conspirators behind the 2004 coup plot in Equatorial Guinea is likely to be the immediate outcome of the release of convicted plotter Simon Mann, a dual British and South Africannational, in Malabo on 2 November.

By De Wet Potgieter From the start, the bungled plot to topple the regime of Equatorial Guinea in March 2004 was a convoluted web of lies, deceit and double dealings - and, in hindsight, clearly doomed to failure.

After more than five years in jail, the British mercenary is seeking vengeance on others he says were part of the failed 'Wonga Coup' a ' including Mark Thatcher The statements had a certain similarity.