Kinshasa, February 3rd, 2026 (CPA). – The Chief Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation has been ordered by the Minister in charge of Justice to open an investigation into the alleged spoliators of the residence of the Embassy of the Ivory Coast in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to a statement consulted on Tuesday at CPA. ‘Given the seriousness of the facts, the Minister of State, Minister in charge of Justice and Keeper of the Seals, Guillaume Ngefa, has ordered the Chief Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation to immediately open a judicial investigation into the alleged looters and any possible accomplices,’ it is said.
According to the same source, this injunction follows the fact that Minister of State Ngefa was notified of a case of plundering on the plot of land housing the official residence of the Embassy of the Republic of Ivory Coast in Kinshasa. That source has also reported that this residence, acquired by the Ivory Coast in 1967, is part of the diplomatic heritage protected by international law, in particular by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, adding that as such, it is inviolable and cannot be subject to any illegal occupation, transfer or appropriation. The same source has also reported that initial investigations had revealed serious fraudulent activities, which could constitute offences relating to the misappropriation of property belonging to others and a breach of the State’s international obligations. ‘The Government reiterates that diplomatic property enjoys special protection from the State and that any attempt to misappropriate such property will be subject to rigorous legal proceedings in accordance with the law,’ the source has concluded. ACP/