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SA mercenaries 'do not face jail'

Source: BBC
Malabo : Equatorial Guinea | 19 days ago  
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  • Equatorial Guinea's President Mbasogo addresses the 64th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York
    Equatorial Guinea's President Mbasogo addresses the 64th United ...
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  • Mann returned to Britain on Wednesday
    Mann returned to Britain on Wednesday
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Equatorial Guinea's President Mbasogo addresses the 64th United ...
The group, along with former British mercenary Simon Mann were pardoned by Equatorial Guinea's leader this week. Mercenary activities are banned in South Africa, but a person cannot serve a jail term twice for the same offence. After the prisoners' release, one of the South Africans, Nick du Toit,...
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    They were suspected of being mercenaries intent on toppling Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema. Mann served three years in a Zimbabwean jail before being extradited to Equatorial Guinea in 2008 where he was tried and ...
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