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Former head of Guinea’s Constitutional Court sentenced to seven years

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Mohamed Lamine Bangoura, former president of Guinea’s Constitutional Court, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for corruption, illicit enrichment, embezzlement of public funds and money laundering. The conviction concerns the management of funds allocated to the institution during his tenure; he must also pay a fine and compensation to the Guinean state, RFI reports.

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