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The Paris Court of Appeal on Thursday, June 3, confirmed the seizure of a jet belonging to Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso. The case dates back to June last year: the plane, a Falcon 7X, had been immobilized at the request of the company Commissimpex, which for decades has demanded that Congo settle a debt of more than one billion euros.…

Koffi Olomide's appeal procedure has been postponed again for six months in France. The King of Congolese Rumba was to be tried again on appeal on Monday, March 12, for sexually abusing four of his former dancers. In October last year, the trial against Koffi Olomide was postponed for six months due to his lawyer having another…

The International Criminal Court upheld its decision on Tuesday, March 30. The former warlord and general of the Congolese army is guilty of 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Ituri in 2002 and 2003. At the time, the nickname Terminator was one of the leaders of the UPC, one of the militias involved in the civil war. No mitigating circumstances were acknowledged.…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, double arrows by Alain Atundu, the last intelligence chief under Mobutu Sese Seko. The first is launched against the Congolese state, which is prosecuting Kalev Mutondo, the former director general of the dreaded National Intelligence Agency (ANR). He is accused by former detainees of torture, arbitrary detention, inhuman treatment and attempted murder. The second…

In Algeria, the appeal of "Madame Maya", presented as the hidden daughter of ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, was held over the weekend in Tipaza, in western Algiers. This lawsuit is presented as a symbol of the fight against corruption. Initially, on October 14, Zoulikha-Chafika Nachinache (real name) posing as the daughter…

The Congress of Democracy and Progress, the party of former President Blaise Compaoré, says it "notes" the preliminary results of the presidential election, announced by the Electoral Commission. The CDP had planned to appeal its findings following the irregularities observed during the vote. However, in the face of the lack of unanimity and consensus with the other opposition parties that signed the…

In Benin, five appeals by citizens and opponents were submitted to the Constitutional Court to challenge the rule of sponsorship required to run in the April 11 presidential election. as reported from Cotonou, Jean-Luc AploganSince the amendment of the electoral law in November 2019, political parties must collect 16…

In Algeria, the court of appeal on Tuesday, November 3, ruled on Ali Haddad's fate, embroiled in a corruption case. The former head of Algerian bosses had already been tried in July 2020, but had appealed his conviction. A new verdict was therefore expected and turned out to be milder than at first instance. Twelve years in…