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Malawi: Army officers arrested for “coup plot”

Thursday, May 15th, 2008 @ 10:24 UTC

by Ndesanjo Macha

Countries:: Malawi
Topics:: Law, Politics
Languages:: English

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mg:: Malawi : Manamboninahitry ny tafika nosamborina noho ny “fanomana fanonganam-panjakana”...

More arrests following Malawi “coup plot”: “Malawi has arrested two senior army officers for plotting to overthrow the government, police said on Wednesday, a day after the arrest of two opposition leaders on the same charges.”

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