Coup case centres on one &#39;mercenary&#39;
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Equatorial Guinea&#39;s efforts to prove that British businessmen, foreign firms and a cargo plane of burly fighters planned to oust its president hang on just one man as its trial of suspected mercenaries enters a second week.
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An investigation is launched in France as a man is held on suspicion of faking robbery to fund a terror group.
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The probity of the man tipped as South Africa&#39;s next leader was on trial yesterday when a businessman appeared in court accused of paying more than Â£110,000 in bribes.
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HARARE : Sixty-eight suspected mercenaries including former British soldier Simon Mann begin serving jail sentences this week in Zimbabwe on various convictions related to an alleged plot to stage a coup in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.
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The leader of the alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, Simon Mann has spent all of his adult life in the murky worlds of special forces and mercenaries.
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MALABO, Equatorial Guinea A court convicted dozens of alleged mercenaries from South Africa and Armenia on Friday and sentenced them to prison terms for an alleged coup plot.
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Mark Thatcher is likely to be questioned within days over his alleged involvement in an attempt coup in Equatorial Guinea. Prosecutors investigating a plot to oust President Teodoro Obiang Nguema have arrived
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One of the nationâs best-known plaintiffâs lawyers, Richard Scruggs, is ensnared in legal drama involving federal conspiracy and bribery charges.
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A South African arms dealer accused of a key role in a planned coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea today sought to clear 18 imprisoned co-defendants.
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Three men who admitted violating South Africaâs anti-mercenary laws for their role in an failed coup in Equatorial Guinea were ordered to pay fines or go to prison today.
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The hunt for the financiers behind the attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea, which led to the arrest in South Africa of Sir Mark Thatcher, yesterday moved to the sedate surroundings of the royal court in St Peter Port, Guernsey.
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South Africa charged two of its  nationals under anti-mercenary laws Monday, three days after  they were freed by a Zimbabwean court hearing accusations they  were plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea, their lawyer said.
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Mark Thatcher could be questioned by prosecutors from Equatorial Guinea over his involvement in an alleged coup.
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A court in Zimbabwe is due to sentence some 70 alleged mercenaries accused of a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea.
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Ivory Coast's New Forces rebel group, now part of the unity government, accused Sunday one of its former leaders of trying to stage a coup in the west African nation.
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A military court on Thursday ordered a former army general convicted of leading a failed coup attempt released from prison, and his aides said he intends to compete in next year's presidential election.
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A South African on trial for plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea said on Wednesday he had discussed a business deal last year with former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher&#39;s son, who has been arrested in