Denis-Christel Sassou Nguesso

[18] Speaking in January 2014, he said that he had no present plans to eventually succeed his father as president, but he also stressed that, as a Congolese citizen, he had "the same duties but also the same rights as my countrymen" and that his name should not disqualify him from office.

[3] Sassou Nguesso was included on his father's campaign team for the March 2016 presidential election and placed in charge of equipment and electoral materials.

[19] In the July 2017 parliamentary election, he was re-elected to the National Assembly as the PCT candidate in Oyo, winning the seat in the first round with 99% of the vote.

[21] British NGO Global Witness published documents including Sassou Nguesso's credit card bills, which showed him spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on shopping sprees in Paris, Dubai and Marbella.

[22] Sassou Nguesso took Global Witness to court in London for publishing documents which demonstrated lavish spending of state funds.

English High Court judge Stanley Burnton dismissed an attempt by Sassou Nguesso to suppress publication of his credit card bills.

According to the article, the private mansion of Neuilly which includes seven bedrooms, five bathrooms, a hairdressing salon and a massage parlour, for example, would have cost 6663339900.00 CFA Francs (10 million €).