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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. [...] (617 words)

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Senegalese entrepreneur Samuel Sarr is determined to get the 300-MW plant near Dakar up and running. [...]

Samuel Sarr, former minister of energy and former director of Senelec. © Samuel Sarr l'Officiel/Facebook

SENEGAL 14/10/2020

West African Energy makes quick progress on 300 MW power plant with GE and Erdogan buddy

West African Energy is planning to barge into the Senegalese energy market with a fast-track build all thanks to the drive of its director, former Senelec boss and former minister of energy under Abdoulaye Wade. [...]

Former Senelec boss Samuel Sarr (here in 2012) is the main promoter of the West African Energy project. © Aliou Mbaye/Panapress/MaxPPP

SENEGAL 01/04/2020

Covid-19 upsets Macky Sall's reshuffle plans

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Marieme Faye-Sall snubbed on the doorstep of Wade's home!

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SENEGAL 06/07/2016

The real story behind Karim Wade’s release

The presidential pardon and subsequent release of Karim Wade during the night of June 23 was the result of a series of national African and international interventions, the details of which can be exclusively revealed by West Africa Newsletter. [...]

SENEGAL 20/04/2016

Qatar maoeuvres to free Karim Wade

Qatar became involved earlier this month in efforts to persuade [...]

SENEGAL 10/02/2016

Sall plays Tanor off against Khalifa

The Senegalese president is hoping to torpedo the campaign of the mayor of Dakar by using another opponent. Ousmane Tanor [...]

SENEGAL 10/02/2016

Aboulaye Wade nationality issue takes Sall by surprise

Like many Senegalese people, President Macky Sall was surprised to [...]

SENEGAL 09/12/2015

Karim Wade’s detention embarrasses Senegal

In the wake of a UN working group’s criticism of [...]

FRANCE SENEGAL 14/10/2015

Dumas attempts to defend Karim Wade

Roland Dumas, France’s foreign minister under Mitterrand, recently tried to represent Karim Wade, the jailed son of Senegal’s ex-president Abdoulaye Wade. [...]

AFRICA 29/07/2015

French lawyers mine rich seam working for African leaders

Francois Serres, who is defending Hissene Habre, is among an array of French lawyers that have carved a niche for themselves working for African leaders. [...]

Breaking newsSENEGAL 25/11/2014

Karim Wade drops in on the IOF summit!

Four of the lawyers defending Karim Wade wrote on November 20 to each of the 77 heads of state attending [...]

SENEGAL 27/08/2014

Eiffage-Senegal targeted in Karim Wade affair

Eiffage-Senegal narrowly escaped being put under temporary administration after claims [...]

SENEGAL 09/07/2014

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. [...]

SENEGAL 14/05/2014

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. [...]

SENEGAL 30/04/2014

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. [...]

SENEGAL 09/04/2014

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. [...]

SENEGAL 30/10/2013

Abdoulaye Wade back in Dakar soon!

Abdoulaye Wade’s tour of the Middle East is expected to end soon. After stopping off in France, he will return to Dakar in early November to sort out his son Karim's affairs and put his party into battle order. [...]

SENEGAL 02/10/2013

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. [...]

SENEGAL 19/06/2013

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 03/04/2013

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, [. [...]

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