Congo

Commisimpex and Montreux's billion-dollar feud offers relief for Brazzaville

Two candidates emerge to challenge Egypt's Anani for top UNESCO job

Two new candidates are now competing with the former Egyptian tourism minister for the directorship of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Congolese First Lady flees France after judge issues summons

Antoinette Sassou-Nguesso left France in a hurry this week after a summons was issued in late February ordering her to appear before a Paris magistrate in connection with the so-called ‘ill-gotten gains' case.

French police visit Antoinette Sassou-Nguesso's Paris flat over 'ill-gotten gains'

As part of the so-called ill-gotten gains case, a team of French police paid a visit to the Congolese First Lady's apartment in February. This could jeopardise the visit to France planned for the end of the month by the Congolese leader Denis Sassou-Nguesso.