Zimbabwe’s government has warned that more than 60 suspected foreign mercenaries detained on Sunday could face the death penalty. Foreign Minister Stan Mudenge told a press conference the men would have to face the “severest punishment available in our statutes”. The men – said to be Angolans, South Africans and Namibians – were detained after their plane was impounded. It is still unclear what the men were doing and where they were heading. Zimbabwe’s Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi said on Monday that as well as carrying the alleged mercenaries, the plane also contained “military material”. Full Story