Mauritania coup chief leads march through capital
The army general who successfully toppled Mauritania's government staged a show of force on Thursday.
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Mauritania junta pledges free polls
Leaders of a military coup in Mauritania said they would hold "free and transparent" presidential elections "in the shortest time possible".
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Coup in Mauritania as president, PM arrested
Presidential guardsmen seized Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi in a coup on Wednesday after he sacked several army officers.
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Chin up, Mann tells family after 34-year jail sentence
Simon Mann, the British mercenary who attempted to organise a coup in Equatorial Guinea, was sentenced to 34 years in prison on Monday.
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Mann jailed over Equatorial Guinea coup plot
A court in Equatorial Guinea has sentenced British mercenary Simon Mann to 34 years and four months in prison for his role in a failed 2004 coup plot.
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Thatcher part of Equatorial Guinea coup plot, says Mann
British mercenary Simon Mann testified on Wednesday that Mark Thatcher was a core member of a plot to topple Equatorial Guinea's president.
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Simon Mann gets his day in court
At the ornate palace, the president of Equatorial Guinea on Monday outlined thoughts on a conspiracy he believes lay behind a plot to overthrow him.
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Equatorial Guinea to try Simon Mann on Tuesday
British mercenary Simon Mann will go on trial in Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday for leading a failed 2004 coup, the state said on Friday.
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'Guilty until proven innocent'
Mark Schmidt came home last week. He is back in Tzaneen, Limpopo, after being in prison in Equatorial Guinea for eight-and-a-half months.
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