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3 unusual facts about Pascal Lissouba


Pascal Lissouba

He gained his education at the Lycee Felix Faure in Nice (1948–52), the École Supérieure d'Agriculture in Tunis and the University of Paris (1958–61).

He was intending to return to the Congo for the 2002 elections, but in December 2001 he was put on trial in Brazzaville, in absentia, and convicted to 30 years labor work for treason and corruption, related to a $150m oil deal with the American company Occidental Petroleum.

Poto-Poto

During the June–October 1997 civil war, Poto-Poto was thoroughly looted by "Cobra" militiamen loyal to opposition leader Denis Sassou Nguesso and was shelled by forces loyal to President Pascal Lissouba.



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