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@Lucas_07-PL3 жыл бұрын
Hey , it's me Polandball , I had changed my channel look.
@kondwanitembo28182 жыл бұрын
As a Zambian, I can confirm that our 'birds' in Ndola can indeed be snitches and spoilers. Another gripping documentary. Bravo.
@adamled992 жыл бұрын
Africa sounds crazy man
@tnaikuni13 жыл бұрын
We need a blockbuster movie on this story... 👌🏿
@GrandEmporer3 жыл бұрын
Right. A movie. That's what Africa needs 🙄
@gibson26753 жыл бұрын
Hopefully nollywood would step in.
@Jojolexplosif3 жыл бұрын
Netflix miniseries 🙌🏿
@curtisthomas26703 жыл бұрын
The Dogs of War (reboot)
@neiljgould2 жыл бұрын
there was a british tv move based on this ..
@daniellimo40873 жыл бұрын
These guys actually helped protect civilians in Sierra Leone and never got paid for it.
@gideonmoseri48503 жыл бұрын
Most of them did fight against Angola,Cuba in the South African Border war and Angolan civil war and when the South African Border war ended they helped Angola reclaim territories taken by Savimbi since 1992.
@eriksvsirocco3 жыл бұрын
Simon Mann was never an owner of EO. In fact Eeben Barlow always disliked him
@preciouschipili5513 жыл бұрын
I literally rewatched this 4times and im still paying attention. Beautiful documentary 👏
@kinguche92083 жыл бұрын
Very beautiful documentary
@mlionea3 жыл бұрын
Hi
@lildonny49312 жыл бұрын
You are not very smart
@TheZuluman73 жыл бұрын
Well researched documentary i vividly remember the day when the mercenaries were arrested at Robert Mugabe airport it was a news blockbuster 24/7 in Zim
@crookedpaths66123 жыл бұрын
Well done to the Customs officials in Zimbabwe for not accepting bribes and following through on their duties
@carcher32793 жыл бұрын
Yes hats off to them.
@lumos_coltd2 жыл бұрын
Lol, you have never heard about Teodoro,? Come on.
@mrsoshadabaadman2 жыл бұрын
That coup could have given the people of Equatorial Guinea a chance.
@aarongunnz95132 жыл бұрын
@@mrsoshadabaadman Mugabe stopped them in Solidarity with Obiang. U know a dictator would stand with his fellow dictator
@mrsoshadabaadman2 жыл бұрын
@@aarongunnz9513 Yeah how sad. But none the less the Europeans have severly damaged out continent in Africa.
@obynoomere12803 жыл бұрын
Why wasn't Simon Mann sent to The Hague for arms smuggling in Sierra Leone? 🤔🤔
@kwameeyiah3 жыл бұрын
Cos he wasnt a black head of state
@alagiejobarteh38953 жыл бұрын
Thanks you so much
@carcher32793 жыл бұрын
Simon Mann has the complexion for the protection. Europeans get on code for each other when it comes to holding themselves accountable for crimes against Blak ppl.
@obynoomere12803 жыл бұрын
@@carcher3279 my question was really rhetorical. Racism is the guiding ingredient. May Africa realize its potential and follow it.
@carcher32793 жыл бұрын
@@obynoomere1280 understood, brother. I wish the same.
@mikestone91292 жыл бұрын
As always, a great video. This coup attempt was doomed from the beginning. To many people new the details so like they say, loose lips sinks ships.
@fukkitful2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, a lone assassin would have had a lot high chance of success. He has houses in Washington D.C. I doubt it would have been hard to get close to him there or poison him.
@MK-we9sw3 жыл бұрын
Training at a farm in South Africa is the least surprising thing in this video 😂 Black Beach Prison sounds harsh.
@Capitanvertebrillas3 жыл бұрын
As the only European country who still owns land on Africa, I think this channel is very interesting for Spaniards. Keep it
@danechristmas65703 жыл бұрын
Another great, well-researched presentation. Maybe it was Murphy's law that caused it to fail
@AfricanBiographics3 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@makukawakami2 жыл бұрын
There are some rumor that the Frenchman was having second thoughts and probably snitched
@sendawulakajubi29912 жыл бұрын
I've read this book 10 times. I encourage everyone to do so.
@j.mehnmontokpa71543 жыл бұрын
It will be good to overthrow this government. This country should be a Saudi Arabia in Africa but the president and his family have used the oil resources for their benefit. He should go
@yvettevandermerwe63542 жыл бұрын
It's an African curse. As soon as they get into power they trample their voters !!!!!
@jedimindtrix21423 жыл бұрын
I have been very impressed with your videos. Very informative and interesting to watch. You do a good job with your pacing and making sure we understand everything and everyones motivation for why they do what they do. Such epic and interesting history...this could be a great movie!
@MK-we9sw3 жыл бұрын
I can't believe this happened in 2004. It felt more recent.
@sarahlynn7807 Жыл бұрын
That's an extremely interesting story I'd probably never have heard of because it happened in an awkward time of my youth and soon enough ago many don't bother to call it history until recently! Thank you so much for sharing. Would love to see more small interesting political intrigues of the 90's to now!
@haddingtoniangcp24643 жыл бұрын
Moral of the story? Loose lips sinks ships.
@carcher32793 жыл бұрын
Good.
@mdu__Africa3 жыл бұрын
Great work! Love the video, great channel.
@AfricanBiographics3 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@teddydog622910 ай бұрын
I love this channel. It is so difficult to get in-depth reporting on Africa in any US media. Since I discovered this channel I have been watching every upload and you have released. It will not be long before nature itself finally takes care of Obiang. I don’t believe his spoiled and idiot son will last very long and maybe - at long last - the country can free itself from this wicked family.
@alhagienjie49803 жыл бұрын
Thanks brother keep it up
@fmac64413 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to the debut! This historic passage is more intriguing than the attempted coup that took place in Venezuela last year. If you accept suggestions, it would be interesting to see a video about the period when mercenary Bob Denard was the de facto leader of Comoros.
@AfricanBiographics3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this suggestion :)
@fmac64413 жыл бұрын
@@AfricanBiographics there are a small repeticion with what you are said at 18:10. Beside that, great video
@AfricanBiographics3 жыл бұрын
@@fmac6441 yep :(, thanks for pointing that out.
@Jeffshighonlife2 жыл бұрын
You are so good at these documentaries!!!!
@quietstormz34653 жыл бұрын
Amazing documentary my friend. Thank you!
@AfricanBiographics3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback :)
@WE500CD21 күн бұрын
The book by Simon Mann on this is a great read. Excellent video.
@sureshramakrishna17803 жыл бұрын
A film be made in English, french & Spanish language about this incident please
@thomashenebry82696 ай бұрын
You're going to get English.
@thomashenebry82696 ай бұрын
You're going to get English.
@jamesbodnarchuk33223 жыл бұрын
Very interesting!
@DV-lr8ec2 жыл бұрын
That guy in Equatorial Guinea does need to go!
@VantoVanto2 жыл бұрын
Awesome narrative Tatenda. I truly enjoyed the unfolding of events
@ajh63542 жыл бұрын
Excellent series. Very well done.
@mimied60583 жыл бұрын
One might wonder, do these European countries have not enough wealth? They will not be happy or satisfied until they dried up anything black people can use to have a relief. Oh my God help us!!!!!!!
@alagiejobarteh38953 жыл бұрын
Very interesting diveo l really enjoy your programmes
@AfricanBiographics3 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@micheljones4970 Жыл бұрын
Well done. I love your documentaries. Keep them coming. Very informative.
@adolfmudau99563 жыл бұрын
i know it was wrong but lets look at nguema???
@themakela Жыл бұрын
I had a big laugh when the narrator said, "Simon Mann has struggled to leave his military past behind." Mann has a extensive and successful history of running private military ops. If you listen any of his interviews, you realize he hasn't struggle anything.
@Thula_Impala963 жыл бұрын
Loving your channel!
@AfricanBiographics3 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@daniellimo40873 жыл бұрын
I wish they could have succeed. You cannot have a worse replacement than obiang
@ycamara90343 жыл бұрын
Crazy ,god is good , this is how they put their poppets in power..
@Lucas_07-PL3 жыл бұрын
Holly molly , now that's hell of a story . Could the coup actually succed tho ? Pretty sure it could . But if it succed , how would that end up for President Teodore and his country ? Is he a good leader btw ? And why is New Guinea's capital in island , not mainland ?
@thephoenix7563 жыл бұрын
He is not a good leader. He has been in charge of the Country for almost half a century.
@kaulumapaulus92343 жыл бұрын
@@thephoenix756 so what,
@thephoenix7563 жыл бұрын
@@kaulumapaulus9234 A Country is more important than one man and shouldn't have been lorded over by his criminal uncle, him and soon, his son. It would be one thing if he was like Lee Kuan Yew, but he's the polar opposite.
@victorychillchineke8243 жыл бұрын
@@kaulumapaulus9234 what sort of question is that ??
@JimmyCrackCorn_3 жыл бұрын
@@thephoenix756 I don't care how long he has been there, how is the economy, how are the people living. Is it a poor nation or not?
@navdasone47102 жыл бұрын
And what about the allegation that British author Frederic Forsyth may have been involved at some point in the coup plan?
@VisithDantanarayana19932 жыл бұрын
It is a wonderful documentary. It highlights how a united front can stand against anyone coming to steal what's yours.
@fukkitful2 жыл бұрын
From stealing what? The oil or the country? The coup could have helped the ppl get their slice of all that oil money Obiang has been hoarding.
@mimied60583 жыл бұрын
The same exact thing happened to my president a month ago. #justiceforPresidentJovenelMoise
@amoschivumbe30583 жыл бұрын
Frederick Forsyth wrote a novel based on the events of the failed coup titled ,'Dogs of War' and was later made into an award-winning movie by the same name.
@CaptAnthonyPowell3 жыл бұрын
Frederick Forsyth wrote the novel "Dog's of War" in 1974. And it became a movie in 1980. That's 30 years before this iincident. No connection whatsoever.
@simplock3 жыл бұрын
@@CaptAnthonyPowell no connection except for a weird coincidence.
@curtisthomas26703 жыл бұрын
@@CaptAnthonyPowell Forsyth's novel was based on an actual coup plot he took part in (and partially financed with proceeds from previous hit novel Day of the Jackal) to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea and set up a puppet dictator to get at it's mineral resources. The elaborate planning details in the book was how he went about setting it up. The Spanish authorities (EG was a former Spanish colony) got wind of the plot and stopped the ship carrying the mercenaries and weapons at sea (in the Mediterranean l think). Forsyth was an "asset" for Brit intel and was doing it on behalf of Brit government and Brit companies with plausible deniability. The Thatcher plot followed some of the methods in the book and Brit intel was again involved.
@curtisthomas26703 жыл бұрын
Forsyth also just "happened" to be in Guinea Bisseau in 1997 when the pres and his main political rival the military chief were assassinated. Just coincidence really.
@dawnmoriarty93472 жыл бұрын
@@simplock Too many European "adventurers" have decided to involve themselves in regime change in Africa. I think they want to be the heroes of their own Boy's Own novel
@egillskallagrimson58793 жыл бұрын
Now I understand why Barlow said about Mann that he was an idiot. Only an idiot would work with Thatcher, the guy is clearly roten to the core, yet the men in the ground were the ones to pay. Also in defence of EO probably they were approach to deal with this matter and they refuse, I think this is the most important point on the animosity Barlow showed to Mann. Barlow has spent his entire carrer on the business trying to show everyone that there are other kind of mercs, yet their associates were playing like the good old mercs.
@GrandEmporer3 жыл бұрын
1:02 masonic gesture with the 2 fingers on chest. He knew he would be just fine.
@AB-xf7li3 жыл бұрын
Get a life
@yvettevandermerwe63542 жыл бұрын
I thought so !!!!!
@mrsoshadabaadman2 жыл бұрын
As much as it hurts me to say this. But this coup could have given the people of Equatorial Guinea a chance for a reset. I appreciate the solidarity from Zimbabwe. But the then government was just trying to squash ideas of insurgents.
@samuelademeso9041 Жыл бұрын
We dont if it would reset though, as the coup main plan was to give the coup planner easy acceat to equatorial Guinea oil wealth. So to do that they would put a another corrupt leader in power
@shishibenterfa3 жыл бұрын
Such a great documentary.
@AfricanBiographics3 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@jeffreynzang17932 жыл бұрын
This is the best example of how not to make a coup. Would have been easier to stage the coup from Nigeria in the Gulf of Guinea through the sea. Less border control. Easier corruption.
@shoandutrieux94479 ай бұрын
The longer I live, the more I am disgusted by capitalism
@RkR2001 Жыл бұрын
Audacious Coup Attempt by Simon Mann and his Whites club London Cronies !!!!!! But appreciate the Brazenness !
@ephraimphiri57892 жыл бұрын
Wow!!! There so much history lurking in oblivion... Thanks for bringing this to light...I had no idea
@fukkitful2 жыл бұрын
What's crazy is there have been 12 real and perceived unsuccessful coup attempts since Obiang took power.
@coldmank18963 жыл бұрын
Why the use of a sleep lullaby as the background sound for such a video.....😂
@deborahramaphala905610 ай бұрын
Well researched and informative well done
@joshmahlum21973 жыл бұрын
Thats why they did not like mugabe since and stepped up sanctions around 2004 and 2005 since Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 showed Them not to take out leases I’m AU. Not a obiang, but his power and policies has kept EG strong with from outside interference in direct policies in the country
@bjrnthebootybandit4 ай бұрын
So he can keep the money for himself
@DV-lr8ec2 жыл бұрын
Simon got off easy, wow
@aaronjones89052 жыл бұрын
It is a little hard to celebrate the success of dictators in Zimbabwe and E. Guinea, but God knows what could have been the outcome had this coup succeeded. Glad it's not up to me.
@geoffwalters36623 жыл бұрын
That whole operation was a comedy of foolish errors. Except that people got hurt in the process. I am a new subscriber. Has this channel done anything on Executive Outcomes/Eben Barlow? They actually contributed something positive. Great info. About the last place I have not visited is Africa and I have friends there and its on the list. South Africa has a restaurant called Carnivores and I think Kenya has a branch. A buffet with over 200 kinds of meat. Vegetarian rehab. I have to eat there once in my life! GREAT CONTENT. THANK YOU FOR THE EDUCATION.
@ShottaKenya2 жыл бұрын
Lol, Carnivore Nairobi is legendary
@Jay-Leigh863 Жыл бұрын
Executive Outcomes and Eeben Barlow had nothing to do with Simon Manns botched coup attempt in 2004. Executive Outcomes had ceased operations some years prior to this coup attempt. Simon Mann was NOT the founder or even a founding member of Executive Outcomes. Executive Outcomes, again under Eeben Barlow, resumed operations again approx two years ago. Eeben Barlow is not impressed with Simon Mann or his lies and misrepresentations. Executive Outcomes have only ever take contracts as Private Military Contractors with recognized and legitimate governments.
@makonnenwallen3408 Жыл бұрын
We really don't care for white devils coming on this platform talking about security (mercenaries). All they do is find reasons to legitimize ways to destroy African people. Insecurity is their stock in trade. For example, their weapons would be passed on the Congo if they were successful. Again contributing to more destruction and insecurity. African people are not dirt. VALUE OUR HUMANITY
@gideonmoseri48503 жыл бұрын
A dictator (R.G Mugabe) saved another dictator (T.Obiang) not surprising.
@petestreet1003 жыл бұрын
Pan African saved another Pan African, get it right.
@sivuyilemtsi98403 жыл бұрын
@@petestreet100 Exactly! This was not liberation mission of the people of Equatorial Guinea but a mission of greed by westerners wanted to get unfettered access to the oil of the country. Apples and Oranges here.
@petestreet1003 жыл бұрын
@@sivuyilemtsi9840 correct. Thatcher should be in jail.
@conchronic3 жыл бұрын
One dictator saved another dictator from being replaced by a aspirant dictator.
@tsiyanendlovubantu16893 жыл бұрын
Question should be why they were so willing to sell arms to an ex Apertheid mercenary. See how God set it all up😂😂😂. They're all blood thirsty seeds of bloody Cain.
@regievelado30763 жыл бұрын
This country is Rich in Oil yet your People are neglected and Poor only those that are in govt.positions are Wealthy and Rich, meaning you are a Corrupt govt.Not helping your pipol elevate and improve their Lives.
@ontheline30773 жыл бұрын
Interesting story, thanks alot
@AfricanBiographics3 жыл бұрын
You are welcome :)
@cedricliggins75282 жыл бұрын
8:44 "All dictators are ugly"- Norman Mailer
@africadreamin3 жыл бұрын
Excellent, filling in the gaps and mummy was so miffed he got caught..
@mianvo30153 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate the video and I enjoy 😊. On other side, they should say who help to get the independence…
@DYT27 ай бұрын
Great channel
@tshephomakgopa465311 ай бұрын
Justice has not been properly served despite thecoup was gonna be applauded to ousted obiang
@walkermorgan17105 ай бұрын
its crazy that the capital of EG is an island off the main country
@RaysNewLife3 жыл бұрын
im sure this has nothing to do with sanctions against zim
@LonelyRanger902 Жыл бұрын
Simon was supposed to be a hard ass mercenary, but when he got caught, he snitched on everybody like a punk
@charlesachinike9540 Жыл бұрын
Coup ain't for mercenaries it is for sound and brave heart for intelligent people they should have got their intelligence from inside equatorial intelligence
@thenice31692 жыл бұрын
I loved the random B-17 that appeared for some reason.
@AfricanBiographics2 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha
@oceejekwam68293 жыл бұрын
Beautiful looking country. Sad that Nigeria had "a hand" in this attempted coup. Angola, South Africa and Zimbabwe are all acted to save Equatorial Guinea. The Aftermath was the best part. Many documentaries don't have an Aftermath.
@Freedom-qf5jf3 жыл бұрын
Nigerian of Lebanese decent
@oceejekwam68293 жыл бұрын
@@Freedom-qf5jf He's still viewed by outsiders (the world at large) as a Nigerian.
@stanleydouge28033 жыл бұрын
@@Freedom-qf5jf true Lebanese are a name even In Haiti where they form the oligarchs who are believed to have killed the late president jovenel Moïse
@keithevans27222 жыл бұрын
Great documentary,please do a documentary on Francisco Macias Nguaema
@pixiemasauso13702 жыл бұрын
Bad planning. although nobody was going to miss Nguema, the idea was evil
@ronaldwarner637 Жыл бұрын
Thanks l learned a lot!
@cedricliggins75282 жыл бұрын
10:11 he looks like pure evil.
@cheeseonbread-th3zs6 ай бұрын
These ppl for to long take African for granted.
@MBhat0013 жыл бұрын
I have read about this failed coup long back and wished this one should have succeeded like other coups in Africa as the EG is ruled by corrupt despot for long time with utter disregard for human rights.
@adama.kamara2 жыл бұрын
Corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa holds the question wether countries like Equatorial Guinea would’ve been better off as a commonwealth nation to their colonial power.
@elizabethsohler65162 жыл бұрын
How many countries problems are CAUSED by colonizers?
@rufuschin82703 жыл бұрын
Very good documentary. It filled a lot of missing information from how it was narrated in the Zimbabwean media.
@larryboone62763 жыл бұрын
Why did Obiang pardon the mercenary?
@sivuyilemtsi98403 жыл бұрын
I think it was pressure from the western forces. Because even Mark Thatcher did not serve his full sentence, from the pressure of the British government at the behest of his mother.
@stanleymureithimukara67146 ай бұрын
Must have bn arm twisted by the west as usual maybe he was threatened they would not buy his oil the countries lifeline
@obamabiden Жыл бұрын
Mercenaries seem to be very overconfident, throughout the twentieth century they kept trying to stage coups singlehandedly but almost always it ended like this
@RkR2001 Жыл бұрын
Simon Mann is Ex SAS AND THE SANDLINE GUY EMPLOYED him in the Angolan civil war as well as Bougainville rebellion in Papua New Guinea
@mohamedsyed59773 жыл бұрын
Another great video!
@whoweare43493 жыл бұрын
Do they have black face on military picture SMH,
@AnalystTosh3 жыл бұрын
You were to tell us more about why it was a mistake to replace the pilot
@ciablues38862 жыл бұрын
Few of the same gang of mercenaries plotted to kidnap President Taylor of Angola but the payment for the delivery did not go through and the plot was abandoned, Retired Col. Bob Kovacic was the head of the team to deliver President Taylor to the principals who conspired the plot.
@feastguy101 Жыл бұрын
Angola never had any president called Taylor
@pjc56373 жыл бұрын
Oh snap!
@bikkiikun6 ай бұрын
10k was clearly too low a bribe.
@timothynoble8163 жыл бұрын
He who plays with fire....!
@eriksvsirocco3 жыл бұрын
This wasn't a plot by mercenaries, it was a plot by the British Government. Please get your titles right if you're going to try make educational videos
@RkR2001 Жыл бұрын
And Eli Callil and Mark Thatcher
@telltraceyyoursecret45293 жыл бұрын
Africa must have security
@djibrilibroibrahim1191 Жыл бұрын
hummm Africa
@jimbojones68973 жыл бұрын
Don't mess with our Zimbabwe security services. I miss my old president Robert Gabriel Mugabe. Rest in peace sir
@jimbojones68973 жыл бұрын
@@nobs997 Nonsense. You can accuse Mugabe of many things but never a crook
@mrsoshadabaadman2 жыл бұрын
@@jimbojones6897 Didn't he launder money and give farms to his closest political affiliates. Or rather what did he and didn't do?
@obamabiden Жыл бұрын
in the interests of being entirely fair to Mugabe, the farms thing was less an example of close political friend cronyism as mostly trying to reward his soldiers from his guerilla days of course, the results were not great with the ensuing famines and sanctions, but just meant to clarify his intentions on that topic
@Joobajuba3 жыл бұрын
Live Africa alone. Otherwise!!!
@carcher32793 жыл бұрын
I wish that African governments had made a public example of those coup organisers because unless there is a psychological deterrent then others are going to try again there and elsewhere and they may not always be unsuccessful. The continent must show determination to turn the historical corner and press onward.
@maxpulido42682 жыл бұрын
Otherwise they will pardon you lmao
@jay1970 Жыл бұрын
What a story
@momodoudem77303 жыл бұрын
Obiang should plot assisanation against them even if they are in England
@AB-xf7li3 жыл бұрын
Africans aren't competent to do that kind of thing