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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 526

Guinea

File: French-Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz enters the Geneva's courthouse for the third day of his appeal against a corruption sentence linked to mining rights in Guinea, on August 31, 2022. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
November 21, 2024, 6:05 pm
Swiss court rejects Israeli mining tycoon’s appeal against jail time in graft case
Beny Steinmetz was found guilty in 2023 of bribing Guinean officials for mining rights, received three-year sentence, half of which was suspended
By AFP
Israeli tycoon Beny Steinmetz seen at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, August 14, 2017. (Flash90)
December 9, 2021, 6:52 pm
Diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz detained in Greece on international arrest warrant
Israeli billionaire sought by Romanian and Swiss authorities after being convicted and sentenced to prison in absentia in two separate mass corruption cases
By AFP and ToI Staff
In this image from video, a military truck is seen near the presidential palace in the capital Conakry, Guinea, September 5, 2021. (AP)
September 5, 2021, 11:20 pm
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
By BOUBACAR DIALLO and Krista Larson
French-Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz comes back to Geneva's courthouse during his trial over allegations of corruption linked to mining deals in Guinea, on January 11, 2021, in Geneva. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
January 18, 2021, 8:26 pm
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
By Agnès PEDRERO
French-Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz returns to Geneva's courthouse during his trial over allegations of corruption linked to mining deals in Guinea, on January 11, 2021. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
January 13, 2021, 12:31 pm
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
By AFP
French-Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz (L) arrives with his lawyers for his trial in Geneva on January 11, 2020. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
January 11, 2021, 8:41 am
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’
By Nina Larson
Israeli tycoon Beny Steinmetz seen at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, August 14, 2017. (Flash90)
December 6, 2020, 1:10 pm
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
By ToI Staff and AP
Israeli tycoon Beny Steinmetz seen at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, August 14, 2017. (Flash90)
August 15, 2019, 9:21 am
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
By Jamey Keaten
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with Chadian President Idriss Deby as they deliver joint statements in Jerusalem, November 25, 2018. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool/AFP)
November 27, 2018, 2:31 pm
Netanyahu 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
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Idriss Deby of Chad meet at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, November 25, 2018. (GPO)
November 25, 2018, 7:19 pm
Meeting 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
By Raphael Ahren and Michael Bachner
President of Chad Idriss Deby at a conference in Beijing, September. 3, 2018 (Lintao Zhang/Pool Photo via AP)
November 25, 2018, 12:06 pm
In 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
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets with Senegal's President Macky Sall in Monrovia, Liberia, June 4, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
August 4, 2017, 9:27 am
Two 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
By Raphael Ahren
Naomi Chazan
April 24, 2017, 12:52 pm
Naomi Chazan
Gassim died at home
The brief life of a refugee, the Israelis who loved him and the country that refused to be his home
George Soros speaks at the Festival of Economics in Trento, Italy in 2012. (Wikimedia Commons, Niccolò Caranti, CC BY-SA 3.0)
April 15, 2017, 5:48 pm
Billionaire 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
By ToI Staff
Former president Yaya Jammeh (C,up), the Gambia's leader for 22 years, waves from the plane as he leaves the country on 21 January 2017 in Banjul. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
January 22, 2017, 11:43 am
Gambia’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
By AFP
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