Wonga Coup

In March 2004 a group led by Nick Du Toit and former SAS member Simon Mann tried to overthrow the tyrannical Obiang Nguema, president of Equatorial Guinea. They were working for investors, allegedly including Mark Thatcher and "J.H. Archer", who wanted to seize control of Africa''s third largest oil producer. Roberts tells how the coup was set up and abandoned at the last minute, and how the plott...