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05/12/2004:

"South Africa's 'mercenary' village"

An unusual group of protestors gathered on the lawns of Pretoria's Union Buildings, the seat of the South African government.

These are the relatives and friends of the 85 suspected mercenaries who were allegedly involved in a plot to overthrow the government in the oil-rich West African state of Equatorial Guinea. Fifteen of them are behind bars in Equatorial Guinea, the remainder are imprisoned in Zimbabwe, where their plane was stopped in March, allegedly en route to join their colleagues in the coup plot. news.bbc.co.uk