Eric Dupond-Moretti

Morocco
France makes it easier for Moroccan graduates to apply for visas

French ambassador to Rabat Christophe Lecourtier has announced the introduction of a scheme to make it easier for Moroccan graduates to apply for visas to France.

Palace Intrigues
Louise Mushikiwabo, Sameh Shoukry, Catherine Colonna, Abderrahim Atmoun, André de Ruyter and Pierre Haik

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

GabonOIF shuns One Forest Summit

EgyptMinisters Sameh Shoukry and Catherine Colonna fail to meet in Geneva

MoroccoAbderrahim Atmoun, ambassador in Warsaw and hotel owner in Paris

South AfricaFormer Eskom boss's accusations rattle ANC

France/AfricaVIP turnout for French lawyer Pierre Haik's funeral

DRC
Congo nationality debate raises fresh questions about Moïse Katumbi's 'Italian' origins

A proposal from former presidential candidate Noël Tshiani to allow only candidates with a Congolese father and mother to run for president has caused a public outcry in the DRC. It has also brought an angry reaction from the new party of former Katangan goveror Moïse Katumbi, who is thought to be part-Italian.

Madagascar
Jailed ex-minister and Ravatomanga accuser Rolly Mercia appeals to UN

Even though his appeal against his recent prison sentence is still underway in Madagascar, ex-communications minister Rolly Mercia, who cooperated with a French investigation into the activities of business magnate and presidential adviser Maminiaina Ravatomanga, has asked the United Nations Human Rights Committee to take up his case.

France, West Africa
Robert Bourgi surfs on Macron's second wind

Since the recent French government reshuffle announced by Emmanuel Macron, the lawyer Robert Bourgi, whose African network is now a shadow of its former self, has been touting his ties with the new ministerial team.

Spotlight | Gabon
'Scorpion' becomes a French affair

In the space of less than three months, the major anti-corruption drive that has claimed the scalps of Ali Bongo's former chief of staff and his allies has become a bone of diplomatic contention between Libreville and Paris.

Cameroon
Lawyers flock to defend Maurice Kamto

Arrested on 26 January and charged two weeks later on eight counts, including ‘rebellion', ‘insurrection' and ‘hostility towards the nation', [...]

Djibouti
Ismail Omar Guelleh's lawyer Eric Dupond-Moretti to take on William Bourdon

In a press release issued on 4 December, the law firm Dupond-Moretti & Vey announced that the Djiboutian authorities have [...]

Djibouti
Audit pending for prime minister's problematic investment plan?

Will Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, the husband of Saadia [...]

Congo, France
Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko strengthens his defence team

Ahead of his trial which is due to start shortly after March 29, when the Congo-B Criminal Court goes into [...]

Congo, France
Sassou's legal advisers gather in Brazzaville

French lawyer Eric Dupond-Moretti is due in Brazzaville on March 23, a few days before the start of the next [...]

Congo, France
The lawyers get their teeth into the Mokoko and Okombi-Sallissa cases

Almost a dozen lawyers, including several from Paris, are now involved in the trial of two 2016 presidential candidates.

Congo
Andre Okombi Salissa follows in the footsteps of Mokoko

The trial of Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko (alias ‘J3M'), the prominent opponent of Denis Sassou-Nguesso, will doubtless draw a lot of [...]

France, Morocco
Laurent and Graciet to challenge Naciri

A key phase in the trial of journalists Eric Laurent and Catherine Graciet will get under way at the Paris [...]

Spotlight | France
French lawyers carve new niches in Africa

French lawyers are all over African legal affairs these days, whether representing a head of state, an opposition leader or one of the sides in a commercial arbitration case. The new generation of French lawyers is unafraid to tread on [.