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S. Africa cancels visas of 95 Libyans detained at military-style camp

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Police said 95 Libyan nationals have been arrested on suspicion of receiving training at an 'illegal' military camp in South Africa. [Courtesy, SA Police]

South Africa cancelled Saturday the visas of 95 Libyans rounded up at a remote camp that authorities said appeared to be an illegal military training base.

The men were detained Friday in a raid at the camp in a rural part of the northeastern province of Mpumalanga, which borders Mozambique and Eswatini.

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