Senegal: Five former Macky Sall ministers accused of embezzlement of funds dedicated to the fight against the Covid-19

Some 15 billion CFA francs have been recovered since September 2024 by the Financial Judicial Pool, while five former ministers are involved in a case related to the management of the Covid-19 fund.

Five former ministers of the Macky Sall regime could be prosecuted before the High Court of Justice of Senegal for misappropriation of public funds, said the Attorney General at the Dakar Court of Appeal at a press conference on Thursday, 17 April, which indicated that serious suspicions had been raised about their management of the Covid 19 Fund, the fund of response to the pandemic over which the Court of Auditors had been concerned about a se…

The former ruling party served its disdain in the face of accusations of mismanagement. After weeks of dissension, the Alliance Pour la République (APR), ex-majority, went straight into the war of numbers against the Court of Auditors. The party of former President Macky Sall published a counter-report to defend its economic record and denounced "one-way justice".

The public prosecutor at the Dakar Court of Appeal, Imiaki Fall, announced that the Senegalese judiciary has opened proceedings against five former ministers under former President Macky Sall, accused of involvement in corruption cases related to the management of funds allocated to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, which struck the world years ago. The Senegalese public prosecutor was speaking at a press conference on Thursday in Dakar. The Senegal…

The investigation into the controversial management of funds for the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic continues to generate strong reactions. Several personalities identified in the Court of Auditors' report have recently obtained provisional release, after having paid the amounts required by the Public Prosecutor's Office, representing the interests of the State. Among them, [...]

The financial scandals dating back to the Macky Sall era made headlines all week in Senegal. The judicial police began to summon many suspects, including prominent personalities, in the case of the embezzlement of funds for the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Another case, that of the hidden debt, for which former president Macky Sall could be tried for high treason.