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Spotlight | Senegal
Macky Sall goes for Karim Wade

At the risk of being distracted from other priorities, Senegal’s President Macky Sall is going all out to expose corruption during his predecessor Abdoulaye Wade’s regime - and bring the alleged perpetrators to justice. Senegal’s justice minister Aminata "Mimi" Toure, [...]

Published on 03.04.2013 at 22:01 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Abbas Jaber
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Secret war of the generals around Macky Sall

Senegal's military bigwigs are unhappy at a recent overhaul of the army hierarchy. The President's veteran aide-de-camp, Meissa Cellé Ndiaye, is suspected of placing his favourite as the new army chief of staff, even as the president himself is facing accusations of nepotism.

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Samuel Sarr makes yet another comeback

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Macky Sall hijacks China's west African train

By exploiting Beijing's concerns over the lack of security in Mali, the Senegalese president is seeking to revise the project to overhaul the rail connection between Dakar and Bamako, one of China's many commercial and diplomatic mega-projects in the sub-region [.

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Mansa, the new Senegalese financial outpost in Abidjan

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Spotlight | Senegal
PDS in turmoil after Karim Wade illicit enrichment affair

During the course of an eight month trial that was as political as it was partial, former President Abdoulaye Wade and his supporters tried everything to prevent his son and former minister Karim Wade from being convicted of illicit enrichment.

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Senegal
Probe into Karim Wade continues

As well as launching probes in France, late last year Dakar also asked for judicial assistance from Luxembourg to obtain information about Karim Wade's assets, as West Africa Newsletter exclusively reports.

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Senegal
Wade Falcon's long list of owners

A French probe into ownership of a Falcon corporate jet that allegedly belonged to Karim Wade has revealed that the plane has changed hands many times since coming off the production line in 1987.

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Senegal
French probe “clears” Wade

Investigators have found little evidence to back up the Senegalese government’s claims that the son of former President Abdoulaye Wade hid “ill-gotten gains” in France.

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Spotlight | Senegal
At 88, Wade still a threat to Macky Sall

The excitement that accompanied Abdoulaye Wade’s arrival in Dakar on April 25 does not augur well for Senegal’s President Macky Sall. By trying vainly to prevent his predecessor’s return, Sall made a major political error.

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Senegal
Karim Wade, political hostage

On April 17, Karim Wade will have spent a year in Dakar's Reubeuss prison in "preventive" detention while lawyers and Senegal's legal institutions haggle over his fate.

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Senegal
Wade launches consultancy

Senegal's former president Abdoulaye Wade is poised to officially launch his new consultancy Wade International Consulting during a visit to the United Arab Emirates.

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Congo, Senegal
Wade confides in Sassou

Senegal's ex-president Abdoulaye Wade turned to Denis Sassou Nguesso at the "Build Africa" forum for support in his dispute with Macky Sall.

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Senegal
Macky Sall scares the troops away

The high turnover of staff is a sure sign that all is not well in the Senegalese president's office.

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Senegal
Cuts sound hospital's death knell

An ill-conceived €1 million French aid-funded hospital in a remote part of Senegal has recently shuttered.

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Senegal
Karim Wade in a corner?

Karim Wade, who has been in preventive custody since April 12, has until October 14 to explain the origin of 28 accounts held in Monaco, the list of which is detailed exclusively by West Africa Newsletter.

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Senegal
BNP Paribas freezes Abdoulaye Wade's account

According to our sources, an account in the name of [...]

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Senegal
Karim’s life behind bars at Reubeuss

West Africa Newsletter paid an exclusive visit to Karim Wade, the imprisoned son of ex-president Abdoulaye Wade, who has been formally charged with with illicit enrichment.

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Senegal
Daggers drawn with DP World

Relations between the Emirati conglomerate Dubai Ports World and the Senegalese government have taken a turn for the chilly in the wake of the Karim Wade affair.

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Senegal
Corruption drive leads to minister’s ex.

Aminata Toure, Senegal’s justice minister and a former Time magazine “leader of the 21st century” will apparently stop at nothing to bring corruption to its knees in Senegal - even if that means detaining her ex-husband.

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Senegal
Bad weather forecast for the Gulf

Several Gulf monarchies are feeling slighted by the Senegalese government and could snub President Macky Sall.

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Document | Senegal
"Anti-corruption" operation continues

Macky Sall has not yet finished settling scores with the former regime. The latest example is the head of Abdoulaye Wade’s personal security.

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Senegal
Karim questioned by police again

Karim Wade was due to be quizzed by detectives of the Dakar Gendarmerie's investigation service on December 20.

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Karim Wade quizzed in fraud probe

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How a leader's offspring wield influence

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Senegal
Karim Wade quizzed over assets

Karim Wade was interviewed by investigators for four hours in connection with the “Ill-gotten gains” probe. West Africa Newsletter has obtained a copy of the transcripts.

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Sall cleans up act before elections

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Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Spotlight | Senegal
Macky Sall goes for Karim Wade

Spotlight | Senegal
Secret war of the generals around Macky Sall

Senegal
Dakar sets out to improve artisanal gold mining regulation

Senegal
Implementing local content rules in mines proves difficult

Senegal
Eiffage overtakes ex-ministre Thierno Lô's Sotracom on Dakar autonomous port contract

Senegal
Amadou Hott fine-tunes his PPP reforms

Senegal
Samuel Sarr makes yet another comeback

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Port of Dakar nears saturation point

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Macky Sall hijacks China's west African train

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Mansa, the new Senegalese financial outpost in Abidjan

Spotlight | Senegal
PDS in turmoil after Karim Wade illicit enrichment affair

Senegal
Probe into Karim Wade continues

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Wade Falcon's long list of owners

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French probe “clears” Wade

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At 88, Wade still a threat to Macky Sall

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Karim Wade, political hostage

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Wade launches consultancy

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Macky Sall scares the troops away

Senegal
Cuts sound hospital's death knell

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Karim Wade in a corner?

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BNP Paribas freezes Abdoulaye Wade's account

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Karim’s life behind bars at Reubeuss

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Corruption drive leads to minister’s ex.

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Karim Wade quizzed in fraud probe

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Karim Wade quizzed over assets

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