Tunisia jails tycoon Mabrouk and ex-PM Chahed on corruption charges


TUNIS, ⁠March 3 (Reuters) - ⁠A Tunisian court ‌on Tuesday sentenced the country's richest ​businessman, Marouan ⁠Mabrouk, to ⁠20 years in prison, ⁠and ‌former ⁠prime minister Youssef Chahed ​to ‌six years, in ⁠separate ​corruption cases, lawyers said.

Mabrouk ⁠has been held ​in prison since late 2023. Chahed, ⁠who served as prime minister from ​2016 ⁠to 2020, is ​currently abroad.

(Reporting ‌by Tarek ​AmaraEditing by Ros Russell)

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