Israeli billionaire in Africa bribery scandal released from house arrest
Beny Steinmetz suspected of paying off Guinea officials, including one of president’s wives, to advance business interests in mineral-rich country
View ArticleGambia’s defeated leader cedes power, flees country
Ending a 22-year reign of fear, Yahya Jammeh goes into exile after regional powers threaten military intervention to end political crisis
View ArticleBillionaire vs. billionaire: Israel’s Steinmetz sues Soros
Beny Steinmetz’s mining company files a suit against the US-Jewish philanthropist, for trying to sabotage mineral interests in Guinea
View ArticleGassim died at home
The brief life of a refugee, the Israelis who loved him and the country that refused to be his home
View ArticleTwo Muslim-majority Africa states to send first-ever envoys to Israel
Non-resident ambassadors from Senegal and Guinea, which recently upgraded diplomatic ties, to present credentials to the president next week
View ArticleIn unprecedented ‘breakthrough’ move, leader of Chad lands in Israel for visit
Idriss Déby heads Muslim-majority nation in Central Africa that does not have diplomatic relations with Israel; Netanyahu hails 'historic visit' ahead of meeting
View ArticleMeeting Israeli leaders, Chad president says he wants to restore diplomatic ties
In Jerusalem, Idriss Déby hails 'historic' visit, but says Palestinian issue can't be ignored; Netanyahu signals upcoming visits to Arab states following secret Oman trip
View ArticleNetanyahu to fly to Chad to announce resumption of diplomatic relations
Nearly 50 years after ties were severed, PM to become first Israeli leader to visit Central African Muslim-majority nation
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Lawyer for Israeli diamond magnate Steinmetz denies corruption claims
Tycoon and two others face indictments in Switzerland over alleged bribes to former wife of Guinean president
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Israeli diamond tycoon will attend Guinea graft trial in Geneva, says lawyer
Beny Steinmetz's attorney insists his client 'never paid a cent' to a wife of African nation's late president to secure mining contract
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Israeli diamond magnate’s Guinea graft trial begins in Geneva
Beny Steinmetz arrives in Switzerland to face charges and up to 10 years in prison over alleged bribes to secure mining contract; lawyer: 'We will plead his innocence'
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Diamond magnate accused of ‘telling tall tales’ at Swiss graft trial
Beny Steinmetz insists he never ordered bribes be paid to wife of late Guinean leader to secure mining contracts, claims he was only an adviser at company that bears his name
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Lawyer for Israeli magnate: Bribery trial ‘impossible’ due to witnesses’ absence
Diamond dealer Beny Steinmetz, tried in Geneva over alleged corruption in Guinea mining deal, claims woman he supposedly bribed wasn't a public official; verdict expected Friday
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Soldiers in Guinea overthrow government, detain president
African country's borders closed and its constitution declared invalid in an apparent coup d'etat by army Col. Mamadi Doumbouya
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Diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz detained in Greece on international arrest...
Israeli billionaire sought by Romanian and Swiss authorities after being convicted and sentenced to prison in absentia in two separate mass corruption cases
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