Dakar, Feb 27, 2026 (AFP) - Senegal ex-minister faces $2.7 mn embezzlement probe

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2026-02-27

Senegal's parliament on Friday referred a former minister to a special court for allegedly embezzling millions in taxpayers' cash, in the latest case targeting a member of ex-president Macky Sall's government. Since unseating Sall in March 2024, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko have repeatedly accused their predecessors of mismanaging the public purse, pledging to bring them to justice. At least five of Sall's mi......

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