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Equatorial Guinea

On December 27, 2017, about 30 heavily armed men were taken into custody in Cameroon, at the border with Equatorial Guinea. According to reports, the men were mercenaries, armed with rocket launchers and heavy assault weapons and were en route to unseat the Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema. Reports said that Guinean security forces clashed with mercenaries, reportedly killing one, near the border.

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