Since President Bassirou Diomaye Faye right and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko left came to power in Senegal in April 2024, five former ministers have been arrested on accusations of involvement in corruption. These arrests are linked to accusations of embezzlement, misuse of public funds and acceptance of bribes while the previous government scrambled to deal with the outbreak of Covid-19.
It is not just ministers who have been impacted. Several former senior aides and close advisors to former President Macky Sall have also been accused of corruption. Close relatives of Sall have been impacted, including his son Amadou Sall, who left the country.
His brother-in-law, the former minister for community development Amadou Mansour Faye, was remanded in custody on corruption charges in May. He was granted provisional release under judicial supervision in September.
