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Gabon’s former first lady, Sylvia Bongo, and her son, Noureddin Bongo Valentin, have been sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison after a two-day trial in Libreville. The special criminal court found the pair guilty of embezzling and concealing public funds, money laundering, forgery, and criminal association. The court’s late Tuesday ruling also included…

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