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The wife and son of former Gabonese president Ali Bongo were found guilty of embezzlement of public funds and sentenced to 20 years in prison in absentia on Tuesday night. Sylvia Bongo Ondimba and ...

LIBREVILLE, Nov 12 (Reuters) - A court in Gabon convicted the wife and son of the ousted president on Wednesday for financial crimes and sentenced them in absentia to 20 years in prison, the latest ...

A Gabon court on Wednesday sentenced former first lady Sylvia Bongo and her son, Noureddin Bongo, to 20 years in prison after a swift two-day corruption trial that found them guilty of embezzlement ...

A court in Gabon has sentenced the former first lady and the son of deposed President Ali Bongo to 20 years in jail following a two-day trial. On Tuesday night, Sylvia Bongo and Noureddin Bongo were ...

Former First Lady Sylvia Bongo and her son Noureddin were convicted after just two days of a trial in the Gabonese capital of Libreville, after being accused of plundering the state finances. Ahead of ...

Although the former president, who was ousted in a coup in August 2023, is not among the accused, his wife Sylvia, eldest son Noureddin and eleven of their associates will stand trial this week, ...

Sylvia Bongo, whose husband was ousted as Gabon's leader in a 2023 coup, went on trial for graft on Monday, with the exiled former first lady the highest-profile absentee. Bongo, the 62-year-old wife ...