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I.Coast former PM Soro hit with 20-year jail term

Photo|Courtesy:Ex-Ivorian prime minister Guillaume Soro has been given a 20-year jail term (

Exiled former Ivorian prime minister Guillaume Soro was handed a 20-year jail term on Tuesday for embezzlement and money laundering.

Soro, who lives in France, was accused of buying a house in Abidjan in 2007 with public money.

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