Convicted of campaign-funding irregularities, the ex-president has become the first French leader in modern history to serve prison time
A French court on Thursday sentenced former president Nicolas Sarkozy to five years of prison for accepting illegal campaign funds from late Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi. Sarkozy was convicted of criminal conspiracy but was acquitted of other charges.
Libya has remained divided since 2011, and its people have grown accustomed to living under the threat of renewed conflict
Latest threats heighten fears that the president’s erratic trade strategy risks exacerbating inflation across the US
