Baltasar Ebang Engonga, a senior official in Equatorial Guinea, has been sentenced to eight years in jail for embezzlement. This conviction follows his previous notoriety for appearing in a series of highly publicized sex tapes.

• Convicted of diverting money claimed as professional travel expenses for personal use, amounting to a fine of $220,000 (about Ksh.28.5 million).
• Engonga, the married former head of the national financial investigation agency, was accused alongside five other senior officials.
• The sex tapes, some filmed in his office at the finance ministry, were released on social media in November while he was in detention.