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Storyville - Season 13 Episode 29 Simon Mann's African Coup: Black Beach
A failed coup attempt ... a British mercenary in a grim African prison ... a dictator accused by the West of torture ... and beneath it all, a spectacular underwater oil reserve that the world's major powers would love to get their hands on. It may sound like the latest John LeCarre bestseller, but it's the real-life intrigue behind Simon Mann's African Coup, Storyville's penetrating look at mysterious goings on in Equatorial Guinea, a tiny West African nation newly rich from oil and infamous for corruption. Filmed over eighteen months, with access to key players, the film offers a unique look inside a country that rarely allows in the foreign press.
- Year : 2024
- Country : United Kingdom
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : BBC Four, BBC Two
- Keyword : current affairs
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