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Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (AP)
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Cape Town - Leaked intelligence documents obtained by Al Jazeera reveal there was a plot to assassinate African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma in Ethiopia days after she assumed the position in October 2012.

The documents also reveal that Sudan was suspected of being behind the plot, and that South African and Ethiopian intelligence agencies were unprepared, with South African officials admitting they did not have time to "neutralise" the threat and apprehend those involved.

The documents form part of a cache of hundreds of secret intelligence documents from spy agencies around the world which were leaked to Al Jazeera.

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