Baltasar Engonga slapped with 8 years imprisonment over embezzlement of funds A court in Equatorial Guinea has sentenced Baltasar Ebang Engonga, the nephew of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, to eight years in prison for embezzlement. The Bioko Provincial Tribunal delivered the ruling on Wednesday, also imposing a fine of Sh28 million ($220,000). Judges found Engonga guilty of diverting public funds through fraudulent travel claims and irregular expenses while serving as head of the National Financial Investigation Agency (NFIA). Prosecutors had sought an 18-year sentence on charges of embezzlement, abuse of office and illicit enrichment, alleging damages exceeding 910 million CFA…