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/ 29 November 2009
Simon Mann, a British mercenary jailed for plotting against the government of Equatorial Guinea, has said SA tacitly supported a failed 2004 coup.
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/ 22 November 2009
Mercenary Nick du Toit has told how he was threatened with death by an adviser to Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.
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/ 7 November 2009
The investigation into Sir Mark Thatcher’s role in the failed coup in Equatorial Guinea could be hindered by legal obstacles.
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/ 6 November 2009
The South African mercenaries jailed for their part in an Equatorial Guinea coup plot have arrived home, a security expert said on Friday.
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/ 6 November 2009
Documents detailing Mark Thatcher’s alleged involvement in the botched coup in Equatorial Guinea are among evidence being examined by Scotland Yard.
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/ 5 November 2009
Four South Africans pardoned by Equatorial Guinea for a failed coup in 2004 will not face charges when they return home, the Justice Ministry said.
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/ 5 November 2009
Simon Mann has vowed to testify against Sir Mark Thatcher, who he alleges was a co-conspirator in the Equatorial Guinea coup plot.
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/ 4 November 2009
Mercenary Nick du Toit, who has been freed from jail in Equatorial Guinea, has given President Jacob Zuma the credit for his release.
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/ 4 November 2009
Head of Equatorial Guinea supreme court says there is ”uncontrovertible evidence” the former prime minister’s son helped finance the coup.
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/ 3 November 2009
Simon Mann, who was sentenced to 34 years in prison in Equatorial Guinea in 2008 for plotting a coup, has been granted a presidential pardon.
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/ 26 October 2008
Simon Mann, jailed for plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea, could be transferred home if Britain arrests others like Sir Mark Thatcher.
Simon Mann, the British mercenary who attempted to organise a coup in Equatorial Guinea, was sentenced to 34 years in prison on Monday.
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.
A statement read on state-run radio in Equatorial Guinea says a court is expected to issue a verdict shortly in the case of Simon Mann.
Mercenary leader Simon Mann, on trial in Equatorial Guinea, claims that the country’s Attorney General visited him in Harare and offered him a deal.
Government lawyers displayed a contract in court on Friday as proof that Simon Mann played a key role in a plot to overthrow E Guinea’s president.
British mercenary Simon Mann testified on Wednesday that Mark Thatcher was a core member of a plot to topple Equatorial Guinea’s president.
Equatorial Guinea’s state prosecutor asked a court on Tuesday to sentence British mercenary Simon Mann to nearly 32 years in prison.
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.
British mercenary Simon Mann goes on trial Tuesday in Equatorial Guinea for allegedly plotting to oust the oil-rich country’s iron-fisted ruler.
British mercenary Simon Mann will go on trial in Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday for leading a failed 2004 coup, the state said on Friday.
A Briton accused of masterminding a failed coup in Equatorial Guinea is being held illegally and has been denied access to his lawyer since he was charged in February, a defence attorney said on Saturday. British mercenary Simon Mann was secretly deported to the West African state of Equatorial Guinea on January 31 from Zimbabwe.
A British mercenary awaiting trial in Equatorial Guinea for leading a failed 2004 coup has said the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was involved in the plot, the public prosecutor said on Sunday. Jose Olo said former British special forces officer Simon Mann had testified that Mark Thatcher knew all about the scheme to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.
Mark Thatcher, the son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, has married again in a secret ceremony in Gibraltar, according to a London Sunday newspaper. Thatcher (54) married Sarah Russell (42) after a three-year courtship, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s son shrugged off Equatorial Guinea’s attempts to have him arrested for his alleged role in a plot to overthrow the country, according to a newspaper report on Saturday. The West African country has issued a warrant for Mark Thatcher’s arrest for his role in helping to finance and organise a coup plot.
Equatorial Guinea issued a request for an Interpol arrest warrant for Mark Thatcher on Friday, in connection with his alleged involvement in a failed coup attempt in the west African country five years ago. Thatcher is accused of helping the British mercenary Simon Mann to stage a coup.
South Africa on Wednesday rejected ”with contempt” claims by jailed British mercenary Simon Mann that it backed his plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea. ”South Africa is thrown in just out of the blue … he says he had a nod from us. I would like to know in what sense he had a nod,” Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aziz Pahad said.
Wearing handcuffs and leg-irons in an African prison, the former SAS soldier who tried to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea in a coup d’état on Tuesday claimed the main instigator of the plot was the London-based Lebanese millionaire Ely Calil.
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/ 26 February 2008
Simon Mann, the suspected British mastermind of a failed 2004 coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea, has yet to have any date set for his trial, the country’s defence minister said on Monday. ”There is no date fixed but, as we have already said, we want [the trial] to take place quickly,” Antonio Obama Ndong said.
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/ 13 February 2008
A British diplomat on Tuesday paid a jail visit to Simon Mann, the suspected British mastermind of a failed 2004 coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea. The visit enabled David Harris to ”see for himself the quality of care Simon Mann has been receiving daily since his arrival” in Malabo, where he was imprisoned, the radio report said.
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/ 7 February 2008
Former British special forces officer Simon Mann will go on trial in Equatorial Guinea, charged with plotting to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the government said on Thursday. ”He will receive a fair trial with all procedural and institutional guarantees,” a government statement said.
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/ 4 February 2008
A Briton alleged to be the mastermind behind a foiled coup in Equatorial Guinea has been ”kidnapped” and his legal team has lost contact with him, his lawyer said on Monday. Simon Mann was flown out of Zimbabwe, where he was in prison, early Thursday after being handed over to officials from Equatorial Guinea.