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== Exile and trial == Following his overthrow, Lissouba lived in exile in [[London]]. He intended to return to the Congo for the 2002 elections, but in December 2001 he was tried ''in absentia'' in Brazzaville, and sentenced to 30 years forced labor for [[treason]] and [[Political corruption|corruption]], related to a $150 million oil deal with the American company [[Occidental Petroleum]].<ref name="BBC 2001"> {{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1732822.stm |title=Congolese ex-leader guilty of treason |access-date=15 December 2008 |work=BBC News |date=29 December 2001 }}</ref> Since 2004, he had been living in Paris in exile.<ref name="Liste des présidents de la République du Congo Brazzaville2014" />
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