Prosecutors seek death penalty for 3 Americans implicated in alleged coup attempt in Congo

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Prosecutors on Tuesday called for 50 people, including three Americans, to face the death penalty for what the Congolese army says was a coup attempt earlier this year. Military prosecutor Lieutenant Colonel Innocent Radjabu urged the judges to sentence to...

US jury convicts Mozambique’s ex-finance minister Manuel Chang in ‘tuna bonds’ corruption case

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang was convicted Thursday in a financial conspiracy case that welled up from from his country's “ tuna bond ” scandal and swept into a U.S. court. A federal jury in New York delivered the verdict. ...

US jury convicts Mozambique’s ex-finance minister Manuel Chang in ‘tuna bonds’ scandal that roiled nation's economy

NEW YORK (AP) — US jury convicts Mozambique’s ex-finance minister Manuel Chang in ‘tuna bonds’ scandal that roiled nation's economy.

95 Libyan nationals arrested in South Africa at suspected secret military training camp

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police arrested 95 Libyan nationals in a raid on a suspected secret military training camp on Friday and authorities said they were investigating whether there were more illegal bases in other parts of the country. The camp was discovered at a farm...

Former Mozambique finance minister on trial in US over 'tuna bond' scandal that spurred debt crisis

NEW YORK (AP) — The “ tuna bond ” scandal that shook Mozambique's economy is washing into a U.S. court, where a former Mozambican finance minister is being tried on charges that he took bribes to commit his country — secretly — to huge loans that prosecutors say got looted. ...