Congo, France
Congo leader's Falcon 7X remains trapped in legal tussle with Commisimpex

Congo
Seizure of Sassou's jet validated definitively by top French appeal court

France's top court of appeal, the Court of Cassation, has rejected the Republic of the Congo's objections to the seizure of President Denis Sassou-Nguesso's Falcon 7X jet.

Congo
Sassou battles to hang on to his presidential jet

The Bordeaux court of appeal is to rule today on whether the Congolese president's plane, seized in 2020 by Commisimpex, can be auctioned off. It is one of Congo's last chances of recovering the aircraft.

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara and Macky Sall, Anatole Collinet Makosso, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Senegal Ouattara and Sall's unlikely double get-together

Congo PM Makosso joins the Academy of Overseas Sciences

Sudan al-Burhan's discreet lobbying at Arab League summit

Congo
Congo provides fresh testimony to French judiciary in Commisimpex case

The Republic of the Congo has submitted to the investigative magistrate in charge of investigating potential rigging of the arbitration pitting Congo against creditor Commisimpex the testimony of a former finance minister who was in office in the early 1990s.

Congo
Congo's lawyers vie over Commisimpex case

Simone Bernard-Dupré has been told that she will no longer be representing Congo in the presidential Falcon seizure affair. The decision was taken by the Congolese task force overseeing the case in France.

Congo
Sassou's Falcon jet finally to be sold off in Commisimpex case

To the great displeasure of President Denis Sassou-Nguesso, the Republic of Congo's Falcon 7X jet will be sold at auction with a starting price of €15m.

Spotlight | Congo, France
French financial prosecution service to investigate corruption suspicions in Commisimpex affair

The French financial prosecution service has instructed an examining magistrate to investigate the 2013 arbitration ruling ordering the Republic of the Congo to pay €1.5bn to Commisimpex, a construction company owned by Lebanese businessman Mohsen Hojeij.