Yet it was listed as the world's richest economy, when I checked a year or two ago, followed by Norway and Ireland. I guess that's what we're here for. What German mainstream news doesn't tell you, we will :)
04/11/2009 (November) - day after Simon Mann's release and return to Britain to be questioned by MI6 over 'Sir' Mark Thatcher's role in the coup, what the papers said:
I heard and know NOTHING about it. In the German media this story and even this country seems not to exist. How can that be?
AntwortenLöschenYet it was listed as the world's richest economy, when I checked a year or two ago, followed by Norway and Ireland. I guess that's what we're here for. What German mainstream news doesn't tell you, we will :)
AntwortenLöschenGulf of Guinea oil-field:
AntwortenLöschenhttp://ggcnet.nl/html/oilfield.htm
Profiles: Sir Mark Thatcher, Ely Calil and Lord Jeffrey Archer:
AntwortenLöschenhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/11/equatorialguinea
Note the dead straight borders. Almost as if somebody carved it artificially out of the rock!
AntwortenLöschenSome additional background:
AntwortenLöschenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1023151.stm
On a somewhat related note:
AntwortenLöschenFor a moment, when I first saw this post's title, I thought this was about the massacre in Guinea: http://www.economist.com/world/middleeast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14569428
It just goes to show how little most of us know about these countries and how little attention is paid to them. Sad but true.
04/11/2009 (November) - day after Simon Mann's release and return to Britain to be questioned by MI6 over 'Sir' Mark Thatcher's role in the coup, what the papers said:
AntwortenLöschenhttp://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=dyN_9pCzZBogfKMhPD0A4-5_-QArM&hl=en&topic=n&ned=uk