A court in Kyrgyzstan sentenced former president Almazbek Atambayev to 11 years and two months in prison on Tuesday on corruption charges, which he denies. The court found Atambayev guilty of ordering a convicted criminal released from prison, in a case his supporters have dismissed as driven by a political conflict between Atambayev and his […]

Former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh, forced into exile in 2017, has been heard in a leaked recording demanding that his right to return be respected by the authorities. Jammeh has hardly been heard from since fleeing to Equatorial Guinea. In a statement published at the time of his exile, the African Union, the Economic Community […]

The National Rifle Association has sued its former president, Oliver North, for what it called “conduct harmful to the NRA” as turmoil that was exposed publicly when North resigned two months ago continued Thursday when the organization also turned against its longtime chief lobbyist. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York sought a judge’s declaration […]

Garcia, who had six adult children, was 69. A skilled orator elected president twice, first as a firebrand leftist and then as a champion of foreign investment and free trade, Garcia had been dogged by allegations of corruption in recent years that he had repeatedly denied. Garcia was one of nine people a judge had […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Michel Temer remained silent when questioned by investigators Friday, a day after he was arrested as part of the country's sprawling Car Wash corruption probe.

Houthi rebels reportedly stopped Former President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s armoured vehicle with a rocket-propelled grenade-launcher, and then shot him dead near the Yemeni capital Sanaa.

By Edward McAllister DAKAR (Reuters) – Gambia’s government will launch an investigation into the finances of former long-standing president Yahya Jammeh including the personal use of a charity bank account revealed by Reuters last month, the justice minister said on Friday. The government of President Adama Barrow, who beat Jammeh in a December election before […]

Honduras’s prosecutors said Wednesday they would investigate alleged links between public figures, including an ex-president, and the Los Cachiros drug cartel. Devis Leonel Rivera Madariaga — a former boss of the notorious Los Cachiros cartel who has confessed to killing 78 people — said Monday he paid former president Porfirio Lobo (2010-2014) and his son […]

The former president, 91, "has responded very well to treatments" after experiencing breathing problems, a spokesman says.

Katsav, who was president of Israel between 2000 and 2007, pleaded to the parole board asking that they reduce his prison term by a third. Former President Moshe Katsav deemed two counts of rape a mere “misunderstanding on the women's part” during a …