Zimbabwe agreed to hand over to Equatorial Guinea 70...

Zimbabwe agreed to hand over to Equatorial Guinea 70 men accused of plotting a coup against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema. The decision was taken following talks between President Robert Mugabe and Obiang in Zimbabwe's second city of Bulawayo.
The 70 men, all of whom were travelling on South African passports, were detained on March 7 at Harare International Airport when their Boeing 727 stopped to refuel and pick up military equipment.
The Zimbabwe authorities arrested them, claiming they were on their way to join 15 suspected mercenaries arrested in Equatorial Guinea on similar charges of plotting to overthrow the government of the oil-rich central African nation.
The men denied they were involved in a plot to overthrow Obiang and contend they were on their way to the Democratic Republic of Congo to guard diamond mines.
South Africa said it would not oppose the possible extradition of the suspected soldiers of fortune to Equatorial Guinea where they could face the death penalty.
"There is no legal basis for South Africa to demand that its nationals should not be extradited to another country," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Obiang had said in March that the 15 men arrested in Equatorial Guinea could face the death penalty. "If we have to kill them, we will kill them," said Obiang, who has ruled the country for 25 years.