Congo-Brazzaville: High Court Blocks Bid by Leader's Son to Bury Evidence of 'Secret' Payments

Global Witness (London)

15 August 2007

The London High Court has dismissed an attempt by a top official of the Republic of Congo, an oil-rich yet poor African country, to stop anti-corruption watchdog Global Witness from publishing evidence that suggests he made 'secret personal profits' from sales of state oil.