Pascal Lissouba - Exile and Trial

Exile and Trial

Since being overthrown, Lissouba lived in exile in London. 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.

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