“The hunt for resources in Africa will grow fiercer in the coming years, as commodity prices rise and especially if global supplies of some natural goods (especially oil and gas) become more limited. Today there are direct flights from Malabo, the existing capital of Equatorial Guinea, to Houston and Americans are so active in the oil industry that they can come and go without visas.”

The Telegraph (U.K.)

In which Prime Minister Margaret’s wayward son bankrolled a botched military coup in the oil-rich but squalid enclave known as Equatorial Guinea.

Mark Thatcher, now a fugitive in Spain, is described by one acquaintance as having “an ego the size of a herd of elephants and the attention span of a gnat…”