Summary

KAREN LECRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge: This case stems from a contractual dispute between the Republic of Guinea (Guinea) and Global Voice Group SA (Global Voice), a Seychellois company that offers financial and telecommunications services. Global Voice sued Guinea, seeking confirmation of an arbitral award and recognition of a foreign court judgment. The district court dismissed both claims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, reasoning that Guinea is immune from suit. Global Voice challenges both dismissals.

This appeal can be resolved by applying two recent decisions of the Court. We cannot conclude on this record that the district court lacked jurisdiction of Global Voice's award-confirmation claim because its dismissal of that claim failed to account for our holding in TIG Insurance v. Republic of Argentina, 110 F.4th 221 (D.C. Cir. 2024). Separately, our decision in Amaplat Mauritius Ltd. v. Zimbabwe Mining Development Corp., 143 F.4th 496 (D.C. Cir. 2025), confirms that the district court lacked jurisdiction to entertain Global Voice's judgment-recognition claim. Accordingly, we vacate the dismissal of the award-confirmation claim, affirm the dismissal of the judgment-recognition claim and remand the award-confirmation claim to the district court.