July 7 (Reuters) - British mercenary Simon Mann was jailed on Monday for 34 years by a court in Equatorial Guinea for a failed 2004 coup plot in which he said the son of former British Prime Minister ...

(Adds details, quotes, background) By Daniel Flynn MALABO, June 18 (Reuters) - The son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was a leader of a 2004 coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa The son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher pleaded guilty Thursday to unwittingly helping bankroll a botched coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, and in ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- South African police arrested Mark Thatcher, the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, early Wednesday on allegations he was involved in a plot to ...

A court in Equatorial Guinea convicted 24 accused European and African mercenaries and opposition leaders on Friday and sentenced them to prison for an alleged coup plot in the oil-rich nation, but it ...

The tiny West African nation has hit the headlines because of a coup attempt allegedly involving Mark Thatcher, the son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. A trial in Equatorial Guinea ...

2005-01-14 04:00:00 PDT Johannesburg-- The son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher flew out of South Africa on Thursday after pleading guilty to charges relating to a coup attempt in ...

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea - A judge in Equatorial Guinea today suspended the trial of 14 suspected foreign mercenaries accused of plotting to overthrow its president, saying more time was needed to ...