The Wonga Coup (39 page)

mercenaries
7
–8,
129
,
232
,
247

see also
Angola; South Africa

Merz, Gerhard
xi
,
127
–8

and Wonga Coup plot
107
,
127
–8,
157
,
159
,
173
,
193
,
199
–200,
238

Meteoric Tactical Solutions
144

Mico, Placido
239
–40

Middle East
53

see also
Saudi Arabia

Military Committee for
Liberation (Equatorial Guinea)
237

Military Professional Resources, Incorporated (MPRI)
84

Military Technical Services (MTS)
69
–70,
116
,
130
,
144

mineral and hydrocarbon resources
see
gas; oil

Mobil Corp
50

Molteno, Alex
159
,
161
,
173
–4,
183
–5

Monaco
252
,
273

Mongomo
37
–8,
95

Moratinos, Miguel Angel
270

Morgan, Nigel (Nosher, Captain Pig, NM)
x
,
68

Congo operation
68
–9,
73
,
129

interviews with the author
293

and Mann
86
,
92
,
111
,
120
,
126
,
162
,
164
,
165
,
206
,
207
,
242

on moustaches
66
,
143
–4

and Thatcher
111
,
120
,
242
–4,
248
,
251
,
269

and Wonga Coup plot
86
,
92
–3,
126
,
129
,
135
,
138
,
139
,
152
,
162
,
176
,
265

aftermath
191
,
202
,
204
,
206
–8,
243
–4,
248
,
258
,
268
–9,
293

Moroccan presidential guard (Equatorial Guinea) xvi,
108
,
109

Morocco
29

Moto, Severo (SM)
36
,
45
,
281

biography
xi
,
60
–63,
270
–71

coup attempt (1997)
61
–2,
67

and Mann
57
,
59
–63,
76
–8,
88
,
89
,
105
,
117

and Obiang
59
,
60
–62,
89

South Africa and
140
,
265

Spain and
62
,
88
,
134
,
139
–40,
270
,
270
–71

and Wonga Coup plot
63
,
76
–7,
79
,
88
–9,
94
,
108
–9,
135
,
159
,
161
,
178
,
183
–4,
190
,
191
,
195
,
202
–3,
204
,
215
,
236
,
239
,
253
,
264
–5,
271
,
290
,
292

Motu, Pedro
43

Moussambani, Eric (Eric the Eel)
46

Moyo, Jonathan
278

Moyo, Moses
255

Mozambique
146

Mudenge, Stan
201

Mugabe, Robert
148
,
177
,
213
,
221
,
260
,
274
,
277
–8,
280

Muhammed, General Murtala
23

Murphy, Alan
34
,
35

Muscat
113

Mutasa, Nhamo
182

Mutize, Group Captain Hope
151
,
175
,
180
,
182
,
187

N

Namco Diamonds
69

Namibia
9
,
122
–3,
142
,
163
,
190

Naria, Apollo
261

Ndola
161

Netu
73
–4

Neves
see
Matias, Neves

Newsweek
99

Ngcuka, Bulelani
158

Nguema family
20
,
40
,
136
,
223
–4,
228
–30,
236

and drugs
45

dynastic rule and succession to Obiang
95
,
270
,
272
–3

wealth of
52
,
223
–4,
228
,
230

Nguema, Brigadier Antonion Nchuema
161

Nguema, Armengol
xi
,
45
,
61
,
71
–2,
109
,
229

and Wonga Coup plot
71
,
136
,
190
,
205
,
237

see also
Toit, Nicolaas du

Nguema, Fabian Nsue
43

Nguema, Gabriel Mbegha
96
–7,
172
–3,
178
,
272

Nguema, Macias
xi
,
20

dictatorship and overthrow
20
–24,
29
–30,
32
,
37
–40,
224

Nguema, Obiang:

during Macias's dictatorship
37
–8,
40
–41

during Mann's trial
282
–3,
284

and Mugabe
280

and oil industry
50
,
52
,
53
,
83
,
95
–6,
223
,
228
,
272

as president
39
–46,
50
,
60
,
62
,
63
,
71
,
88
,
91
,
95
–7,
109
,
140
,
169
,
172
–3,
205
,
221
–2,
224
–6,
259
–61,
263
,
269
–73

profile and biography
xi
,
40
–42,
50
–51,
60
,
96
–7,
263
,
270

UK appeal court judgment
267

US bank accounts and business interests
169
,
222
–4,
225
,
229

in USA
169
,
262

and Wonga Coup plot
135
,
178
,
198
,
205
,
215
–16,
259

Nguema, Teodorin
xi
,
44
,
45
,
51
–2,
61
,
96
–7,
109
,
270
,
272

Nicky
see
Toit, Nick du

Niek
see
Toit, Nick du

Nigeria
58
,
125

Archer and
170

civil war
8
,
26
,
28
,
30
,
32

corruption and poverty
50
–51,
228
,
263

and Equatorial Guinea
21
,
23
,
192

oil and gas industry
49
,
51
–2,
54
,
62
,
227
,
228

and Sao Tome coup
72

Wonga Coup plotters and
83
,
86
,
140
,
265

Nik
see
Toit, Nick du

Northern Ireland:

film about
15
,
48

Mann and
5
,
15
,
48

Norway
274

Nosher
see
Morgan, Nigel Nsue, Constancia Mangue (Obiang's wife)
223
–4,
228
,
230

Nyembo, K. S.
71

O

Obiang
see
Nguema, Obiang

Obono, Jose Olo
247

O'Brian, Patrick
48

oil
see
Africa; oil companies
and under countries' names

oil companies
6
,
49
–51,
52
–4,
221
,
226
–31,
263
,
274

and Equatorial Guinea
46
,
49
–51,
52
–4,
95
–6,
178
,
221
,
223
,
224
,
226
–31,
263
,
265
,
269
,
292

Oil Slick
see
Wales, Greg

Ojukwu, Odumegwu Emeka
30
,
32

Olympic Games (Sydney)
46

Omega
71

Omnipol
33

Ona, General Augustin Ndong
44
,
97

Operation Antara
287

Operation Red Dog
99
,
101

Oxfam
147

P

Page, Henry
xii
,
98
,
104
,
194
,
195
,
204
,
207
,
214
–16,
238
,
246
,
267
–9,
295

Pain, Ken
168
,
188
,
218
,
255
–6

Pain, Marge
255
–6

Palacio, Ana
141

Pan African Airlines and Trading Company (PANAC)
107
,
127
,
130

PANAC
see
Pan African Airlines and Trading Company

Papua New Guinea
12

Passaco, Domingo
73

PDD (Congo)
70
–71,
151
,
153
,
160

Peg Leg
see
Smith, Johann

Penningtons
246
,
267
see also
Page, Henry

Perdue, Michael
99

Pienaar, Ivan
110
,
143
,
166
,
175
,
202
,
257

Pig, Captain
see
Morgan, Nigel

Pinochet, Augusto
222
–3,
224

pirate fishing
89

Placer Gold mine
15

Playa Negra
see
Black Beach

PNC Financial Services
224
–5

Pol Pot
22

Polokwane
157
,
159
,
180

Pomfret
14
,
132
–3,
234
,
253
–4,
256
–7,
293

Prez, Louis du
169
,
214
,
218
,
257

Progress Party (Equatorial Guinea)
61

R

Radio Asonga
44

Ranger
6

Regulation of Foreign Military

Assistance Act
see
Foreign Military Assistance (Regulation of) Act

Reporters Without Borders
44

Repsol
270

Republic of Congo
see
Congo, Republic of

Revolutionary United Front (Sierra Leone)
12

Rhodes, Cecil
82

Ribeiro, Americo
91
,
193
,
239
,
241

Rice, Condoleezza
262
,
270

Riggs Bank
169
,
222
–4,
228
,
263

Roman, Tim
175
–6

Roslyn Joy
91
,
93
,
107

Royal Bank of Scotland
215

Royal Institute of International Affairs
see
Chatham House

Ruakuluka, Maitre (Celeste)
257

Russia
67

S

SADF
see
South African Defence Force

Sala, Joe
81

Saleh, Salim
147

Samukange, Jonathan
ix
,
149

and Wonga Coup plotters' detention and trial
188
–9,
207
–8,
211
,
212
–16,
219
,
233
–4,
260
,
279

Sanderson, Scott
26

Sandline International
12
,
13

Santos, Eduardo dos
85

Sao Tome and Principe
72
,
274

coup of 2003
72
–3,
76
,
95
,
292

Sargoso, General
63
,
184
,
186

SAS (Special Air Service)
5
,
6
,
114

Sasol
114

Saudi Arabia
6
,
113
,
222

Savimbi, Jonas
11
,
66

Schmidt, Mark
159
,
178
–9,
193
,
239
,
240
–41

Scorpions
158
,
244
–5

Scratcher
see
Thatcher, Sir Mark Seychelles
8
,
101
,
103

Shakespeare, William
219

Shapoda, Felicia
235

Sierra Leone
13
,
105