Verschave also researched the concept of global public goods and the economic theories of famous historian Fernand Braudel.

[a] Verschave's famous books La Françafrique (1998) and Noir silence (2000) have become standard works for anyone interested in the Rwandan genocide specifically, and generally the dissimulated policies followed by the French Republic in former colonies, in particular by opponents - who haven't always been political adversaries - French President Jacques Chirac and right-wing MP Charles Pasqua, involved in the Angolagate.

Represented by a controversial lawyer Jacques Vergès, they all accused him of "offense toward a foreign state leader", on the basis of the 1881 law on the Freedom of the Press, a crime which is reminiscent of lese majesty, as the attorney general observed.

[2][3][4] However, Verschave was acquitted; the crime of "offense toward a foreign state leader" was judged contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

MP Charles Pasqua also sued Verschave for "libel", which resulted in the author paying symbolic damages of one franc.