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21-07-04, 11:44
A group of 70 mercenaries accused of plotting to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea is expected to go on trial for the first time in Zimbabwe.
The men - mostly South Africans but including a former SAS captain from the UK, Simon Mann - will appear in a makeshift courtroom at Chikurubi maximum security prison in Harare.
Their plane was impounded in March, when they picked up weapons bought from the Zimbabwe state arms supplier.
The group said they were going to the Democratic Republic of Congo to provide security for mining operations.
But the governments of South Africa, Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea believe they were heading to the small, oil-rich country to overthrow the government.
BBC Read more (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3912051.stm)
The men - mostly South Africans but including a former SAS captain from the UK, Simon Mann - will appear in a makeshift courtroom at Chikurubi maximum security prison in Harare.
Their plane was impounded in March, when they picked up weapons bought from the Zimbabwe state arms supplier.
The group said they were going to the Democratic Republic of Congo to provide security for mining operations.
But the governments of South Africa, Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea believe they were heading to the small, oil-rich country to overthrow the government.
BBC Read more (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3912051.stm)