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2018-03-31 Africa Subsaharan

Senegal court jails former Dakar mayor 5 years for embezzlement

[AFRICANEWS] A court in Senegal
... a nation of about 14 million on the west coast of Africa bordering Mauretania to the north, Mali to the east, and a pair of Guineas to the south, one of them Bissau. It is 90 percent Mohammedan and has more than 80 political parties. Its primary purpose seems to be absorbing refugees...
sentenced opposition leader Khalifa Sall, a former mayor of the capital Dakar, to five years in prison on Friday for embezzlement and falsifying documents.

Sall was placed in durance vile
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
a year ago on suspicion of embezzling 1.8 billion CFA francs ($3.40 million). Prior to his arrest, he had been seen as a potential rival to President Macky Sall in elections set for next year. The two men are not related.

Two of the former mayor’s accomplices also got five years. His supporters say the trial was politically motivated, a charge the ruling party denies.

"I feel shame for my country," deputy Dakar mayor Cheikh Gueye told Rooters. "This decision is meant to prevent Khalifa Sall from putting his name forward as presidential candidate."

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