He was accused and it was proved that he had accepted a gift of diamonds from Emperor Bokassa of the Central African Republic valued at about a quarter of a million US dollars. Giscard said he ...

Giscard d'Estaing was heavily criticised for his support of Jean-Bedel Bokassa. Giscard d'Estaing's popularity began to wane. His standing was not enhanced after he was accused of accepting a gift ...

En fil rouge, le parcours d’un mercenaire, ex-garde du corps de Giscard, et celui de deux jeunes policiers que tout oppose, prêts à tout pour déloger Mesrine, l’ennemi public numéro un.

He was accused of accepting during his stint as finance minister an expensive diamond necklace as a gift from dictator Jean-Bédel Bokassa of the Central African Republic. Mr. Giscard consistently ...

Central Africans cite the 6,000-student national university, the huge sports stadium and extensive network of roads as achievements of the Bokassa era. Former French President Valery Giscard d ...

Bokassa promit, en repartant ... à travers son président [Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, NDLR]. Il ne me fut pas difficile de pressentir qui, dans cette affaire, risquait le plus d’être ...

La position délicate et embarrassante de la France de Valéry Giscard d’Estaing face au sacre de Bokassa Ce sacre impérial au cœur de l’Afrique surprend et choque même quand on oppose son ...

Giscard d'Estaing is also remembered for a scandal linking him to an African dictator. It concerned his accepting a gift of diamonds from Central African leader Jean Bokassa when he visited the ...

Giscard d'Estaing was heavily criticised for his support of Jean-Bedel Bokassa. Giscard d'Estaing's popularity began to wane. His standing was not enhanced after he was accused of accepting a gift ...