Two French directors who have been detained with their local intermediary in Togo since the end of July on charges of making "false statements" are expected to return to Paris on Thursday, a diplomatic source told Agence France-Presse.
Published on: 09/03/2026 - 08:39
A diplomatic source told the French news agency AFP that French directors Gael Mocaire and Sébastien Pérez Pisani, who have been detained in Togo since the end of July on charges of “making false statements,” will return to Paris on Thursday.
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs had previously announced that they had been allowed to leave the territory of this West African country after granting them temporary release.
The directors were arrested on July 27 in northern Togo, where they were filming a documentary for France Television. The Togolese Ministries of Justice and Security announced, in a joint statement, on Saturday, that the documentary team used a drone in areas that the authorities consider sensitive due to the dangers of jihadist attacks there.
The statement indicated that there were "several irregularities" in the way the mission was carried out, without going into details.
With AFP
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