The wife and son of Gabon's hardline former president Ali Bongo have been sentenced to 20 years in prison after a corruption trial.
Sylvia Bongo, 62, and Noureddin Bongo, 33, are being convicted of, among other things, receiving and embezzling public funds. Both were convicted in their absence.
The Bongo family ruled Gabon for 55 years. Ali Bongo, who had taken over from his father Omar Bongo in 2009, was deposed in a military coup in 2023.
