No case, no answer

On 26 June, Malabo quietly dropped a three-year campaign to pursue some of the alleged architects of the 2004 mercenary coup plot for civil damages in England (AC Vol 49 No 13). The High Court in London had in 2005 already thrown out the case for compensation for 'emotional stress' and other costs arising from the conspiracy and did so again on appeal a year later.

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Ely Calil, Mark Thatcher, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lebanon

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