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Britain 'knew nothing' of Mann plot, says ex-minister
British detectives are using new anti-terror laws to investigate the failed plot to overthrow the government of Guinea" href="/topics/e/Equatorial_Guinea/index.html" class="tpc">Equatorial Guinea, it emerged last night.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 3:10 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
British detectives are using new anti-terror laws to investigate the failed plot to overthrow the government of Guinea" href="/topics/e/Equatorial_Guinea/index.html" class="tpc">Equatorial Guinea, it emerged last night.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 3:10 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Zimbabwe shames Africa: ex UN chief AnnanAFP - Zimbabwe's current plight "shames most Africans", former UN chief Kofi Annan said in an interview published Friday, while voicing hope for a negotiated solution to the country's crisis.
Yahoo! – Jul 18, 2008 3:01 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
'Mugabe declared war and we will not be part of that war'
Zimbabwe's hopes of democratic salvation ended yesterday amid clouds of tear gas and intimidating mobs of armed men who blocked opposition attempts to hold a legal rally in the capital. Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, responded by pulling out of a run-off against President Robert Mugabe, saying that conditions for an election had become impossible, that the result was preordained and that his supporters were being murdered in a "genocide" which should be stopped by the UN.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Zimbabwe's hopes of democratic salvation ended yesterday amid clouds of tear gas and intimidating mobs of armed men who blocked opposition attempts to hold a legal rally in the capital. Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, responded by pulling out of a run-off against President Robert Mugabe, saying that conditions for an election had become impossible, that the result was preordained and that his supporters were being murdered in a "genocide" which should be stopped by the UN.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Let's finish it! Tsvangirai in call to bring down Mugabe
Zimbabwe's main opposition group, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), will decide tomorrow whether to boycott what is seen as the country's most important election since independence. The run-off next week between the MDC's Morgan Tsvangirai and Robert Mugabe has been thrown into disarray by a state-sponsored campaign of terror designed to overturn the regime's first-round defeat and prolong the President's 28-year rule.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Zimbabwe's main opposition group, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), will decide tomorrow whether to boycott what is seen as the country's most important election since independence. The run-off next week between the MDC's Morgan Tsvangirai and Robert Mugabe has been thrown into disarray by a state-sponsored campaign of terror designed to overturn the regime's first-round defeat and prolong the President's 28-year rule.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Exiled Zimbabweans offered help to return for run-off vote
One week before Zimbabwe is due to go back to the polls for the presidential run-off, a major effort is under way to encourage the millions of immigrants in neighbouring South Africa to go home and vote.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
One week before Zimbabwe is due to go back to the polls for the presidential run-off, a major effort is under way to encourage the millions of immigrants in neighbouring South Africa to go home and vote.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Mann prosecutors show coup contract to court
Government lawyers displayed a contract in court yesterday which they said was proof that the former British military officer Simon Mann played a key role in a plot to overthrow Guinea" href="/topics/e/Equatorial_Guinea/index.html" class="tpc">Equatorial Guinea's President four years ago.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Government lawyers displayed a contract in court yesterday which they said was proof that the former British military officer Simon Mann played a key role in a plot to overthrow Guinea" href="/topics/e/Equatorial_Guinea/index.html" class="tpc">Equatorial Guinea's President four years ago.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
EU threatens Zimbabwe with further sanctions
The EU today threatened Robert Mugabe with more sanctions as fears grew for the safety of his political opponents in the run up to next week's election.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The EU today threatened Robert Mugabe with more sanctions as fears grew for the safety of his political opponents in the run up to next week's election.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Mann 'only a junior member' of coup plot
Simon Mann has insisted at his trial that he was "only a junior member" of a team plotting a coup in Guinea" href="/topics/e/Equatorial_Guinea/index.html" class="tpc">Equatorial Guinea and would have ended up as just a glorified security manager after regime change. He claimed that the "real leader", the London-based businessman Eli Calil, thought of himself as becoming the new president's right-hand man after engineering a takeover by an exiled opposition leader.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Simon Mann has insisted at his trial that he was "only a junior member" of a team plotting a coup in Guinea" href="/topics/e/Equatorial_Guinea/index.html" class="tpc">Equatorial Guinea and would have ended up as just a glorified security manager after regime change. He claimed that the "real leader", the London-based businessman Eli Calil, thought of himself as becoming the new president's right-hand man after engineering a takeover by an exiled opposition leader.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Zimbabwe death toll reaches 85 as militias step up killings and torture
The death toll from state-sponsored violence ahead of Zimbabwe's presidential run-off next week has reached at least 85, independent observers say.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The death toll from state-sponsored violence ahead of Zimbabwe's presidential run-off next week has reached at least 85, independent observers say.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Mugabe's opponents die in firebomb attack
Zimbabwe's ruling regime stepped up its win at all costs election campaign with a firebomb attack that killed four opposition party activists.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Zimbabwe's ruling regime stepped up its win at all costs election campaign with a firebomb attack that killed four opposition party activists.
The Independent – Jul 18, 2008 2:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
