Riot police fire tear gas at supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, after his court hearing in a case in which he is accused of defamation, in Dakar on February 16. ZOHRA BENSEMRA/REUTERS
The main opponent of President Macky Sall, Ousmane Sonko, is committed to the fight against this scourge.
Dakar
In Senegal, the fight against corruption is stalled according to the index published at the end of January by the NGO Transparency International. With a score of 43 out of 100, the country is in the world average and above the sub-Saharan average. But for the Senegalese, there is little to celebrate.
In December, the Court of Auditors noted overbilling and embezzlement of the public fund dedicated to the fight against Covid-19 for a loss of 7 billion CFA francs, or around 10 million euros. A few weeks earlier, the OCCRP, a network of investigative journalists, had exposed a suspicious arms deal between the Ministry of the Environment and a Nigerian trafficker. In January, two serious road accidents left 60 dead and brought corruption among traffic officers back to the fore.
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However, part of the population today seems determined to make things happen. A demonstration organized at the end of December in Dakar to denounce the…
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