2025 Activity Report of the Collective Restitution Afrique (RAF)

The year 2025 marks a decisive step for the Collective Restitution for Africa. Under the presidency of Jean-Jacques Lumumba, the RAF transformed its ambition into concrete actions: in-depth investigations, filing complaints, tracing illicit assets, and legal support for whistleblowers. The Collective has crossed a threshold by bringing, alongside eleven West African NGOs, an unprecedented complaint against the Bolloré group before the National Financial Prosecutor's Office, thus affirming the concept of “reverse ill-gotten gains” and the responsibility of foreign corrupters.

This rise in power has also taken place on the international scene. The President of the RAF brought the Collective's voice to Vienna, as part of the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (COSP11), and then to Doha, during a session dedicated to beneficial ownership transparency in Africa. In parallel, the first public conference of the Collective, organized in Paris on December 8, 2025 and moderated by Hapsatou Sy, brought together major figures in law and civil society around restitution mechanisms, strengthening the visibility and credibility of the RAF in public debate.

The report also maps the pan-African and European network of stakeholders on which the Collective now relies, from Cameroon to Ghana, from Guinea to Côte d'Ivoire, from Togo to the DRC, from Togo to the DRC. For 2026, the RAF intends to consolidate this anchoring, intensify its institutional advocacy, continue its publications and initiate the preparation of a conference on the African continent. Indignation is no longer enough: it must become action. The full report is available for download below.

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