A Gabon court on Wednesday sentenced the former first lady and son of the oil-rich country's deposed leader Ali Bongo to 20 years in prison following a two-day graft trial. Sylvia Bongo, 62, and ...

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gabon's former first lady and her son were sentenced in absentia by a special criminal court to 20 years in prison following a two-day trial in Libreville. Sylvia Bongo and ...

After deposing Gabonese President Ali Bongo, Gen Brice Oligui Nguema was carried through the streets by his triumphant troops, who chanted "Oligui, président! Oligui, président!". The 48-year-old ...

On Wednesday, a month after a military coup in Niger, the military ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba in Gabon, an oil-rich former French colony in central Africa. A defaced billboard of Gabon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, right, and wife Sylvia Bongo Ondimba arrive to take their seats inside Westminster ...

Gabon's former first lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba (with her husband Ali Bongo, L) was accused of manipulating her husband to embezzle taxpayers' money - Copyright AFP ...