Equatorial Guinea questions Thatcher over coup

Sir Mark Thatcher today faced questions from Equatorial Guinean prosecutors over a coup attempt in the country.
Thatcher, who last month pleaded guilty to violating South Africa's anti-mercenary laws, arrived at a Cape Town court to hear the list of questions from the oil-rich West African nation.
A spokesman for the South African justice ministry said the court questioning had come about because of a mutual judicial aid agreement between the two countries.
"I'm very relaxed, I'm looking forward to it," Thatcher said as he arrived at Wynberg magistrate's court with his lawyer.
President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea accuses Thatcher and other, mostly British, financiers of funding a plot to install an opposition figure as a puppet leader.
Thatcher admitted financing a helicopter in return for a four-year suspended sentence and a three million rand (£266,000) fine.
He initially contested the court order requiring that he answer Equatorial Guinea's questions. But he dropped the challenge following the plea bargain, which allowed him to leave South Africa to join his mother, the former prime minister, in Britain.
Thatcher has said that he hopes to join his wife and two children in the US soon, but returned to South Africa for today's appearance.
South African intelligence services exposed the alleged plot in March, and accused mercenaries were arrested in Equatorial Guinea and Zimbabwe.