DRC: Jean-Pierre Bemba's plane seized in Portugal after 19 years

A Boeing belonging to Jean-Pierre Bemba, DRC foreign minister, has been seized in Portugal where it had been stationed for nearly two decades.

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The aircraft was immobilized at Lisbon airport following a prior confiscation linked to legal disputes.

The seizure occurs amid political tensions in Central Africa.

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