Equatorial Guinean authorities said they have foiled a coup plot against long-serving President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo on the tail of clashes with alleged mercenaries near the border with Cameroon.
Government troops said they killed a “mercenary” and “used gunfire to disperse” other mercenaries in the forests along the border”, state television TVGE said, without specifying how many “mercenaries” were involved or how long the clashes lasted.
Reports of the shooting came after Security Minister Nicolas Obama Nchama said in a statement on public radio that an attempted coup had been mounted on December 24, allegedly by foreign mercenaries recruited by political opponents.
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Update #1: Equatorial Guinea says attempted 'coup' thwarted (Al Jazeera)
Update #2: UN sends envoy to E.Guinea after failed 'coup' bid (AFP)
WNU Editor: It is a small country with a long history of trouble .... The strange and evil world of Equatorial Guinea (The Guardian).
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