Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity ...

Jason Bentley captures a hypnotic pulse of modern city life. Jason Bentley captures a hypnotic pulse of modern city life. Dec 21, 2025 In today's show, Jason Bentley shares a special exclusive guest ...

Starkie passed away peacefully on Saturday while listening to Chuck Berry and surrounded by his family. “Our dearest Grand-Daddy-Bop has peacefully departed listening to Chuck Berry snuggling with his ...

Starkie died at the age of 73 while surrounded by his family, his daughter Indiana said in a statement. “Our dearest Grand-Daddy-Bop has peacefully departed listening to Chuck Berry snuggling with his ...

A Gabonese court on Wednesday sentenced former First Lady Sylvia Bongo, 62, and her son Noureddin Bongo, 33, to 20 years in prison following a two-day graft trial. Both were tried in absentia and ...

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 ...

Gabon’s former president’s wife and son were found guilty of embezzlement. Both Sylvia Bongo and Noureddin Bongo were tried in absentia. Ex-president Ali Bongo was toppled in a coup on 30 August 2023.

Then-Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba and his wife Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, arrive for a dinner hosted by US President Barack Obama in Washington, 5 August 2014 5 revelations from the latest Jeffrey ...

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 ...

Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, right, and wife Sylvia Bongo Ondimba arrive to take their seats inside Westminster Abbey in central London. (File Photo) A Gabon court on Wednesday sentenced the ...

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 Noureddin Bongo Valentin ...