French billionaire Vincent Bolloré is set to face trial on corruption and embezzlement charges related to election campaigns in Togo and Guinea in 2009, 2010 and 2011, the French financial prosecutor's spokesperson has said.
Media, transport and energy tycoon Bolloré is suspected of having bribed foreign officials in the Paris suburb of Puteaux during the election campaign of presidents Faure Gnassingbe in Togo and Alpha Conde in Guinea, in what has come to be known as the "African Ports" affair, the spokesperson said on Thursday.
