Ill-judged death

Embarrassing differences are emerging between the French judiciary and President Jacques Chirac's Cellule Africaine over the death in Djibouti in 1995 of French Judge Bernard Borrel. The Cellule Africaine insists that Borrel committed suicide (some officials hint at paedophilia); several magistrates are convinced that he was murdered.

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Jacques Chirac, United States, Mohamed Saleh Alhoumekani, Ismail Omar Guelleh, Elizabeth, Djama Souleimane, Hassan Saïd, Awalleh Guelleh, Hamada Hassan Adouani, Cellule Africaine, Cellule Africaine, Café de Paris, Parquet de Paris

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