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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 ...

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 ...

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