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Africa in Focus with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs: Unisa
Africa in Focus with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs: Unisa
5 May 2026
1.    Libya – France
Sarkozy insists “not a single cent” of Libyan money funded his 2007 campaign
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy returned to the Paris Court of Appeal for the final hearings in the high profile case over alleged Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign, again rejecting accusations that he sought funds from Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.
Sarkozy, 71, told the court there was “not a…
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