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The 25 August raid by South Africa's 'Scorpion' police squad on the Cape Town house of Mark Thatcher, son of British ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, follows a private meeting last week with officials in Pretoria about his alleged involvement in a plot to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo's regime in Equatorial Guinea. Africa Confidential understands that Thatcher discussed his links to a South African-registered company, Triple A Aviation, and former military officer Crause Steyl, whose brother Neil Steyl has been detained in Zimbabwe since March on suspicion of involvement in the plot. A Thatcher-associate says that Triple A Aviation had a contract with Logo Limited, one of many companies which lawyers for the Malabo government have linked to the alleged plot against Obiang....

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Mark Thatcher, British, Margaret Thatcher, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Crause Steyl, Neil Steyl, Zimbabwe, Simon Mann, Nick du Toit, Armengol Ondo Nguema, , United States, Africa Confidential

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