Senegalese President Macky Sall’s brother on Monday resigned as head of a state-run savings deposit after he was named in a BBC report on apparent mismanagement of national gas resources.
Aliou Sall had denied allegations in the report warning he would file suit against the BBC. He has also rejected the report.
The president’s brother on Monday said he was stepping down as head of the Caisse des Depots et Consignations or CDC fund he has directed since September 2017.
President Sall has himself called the accusations an attempt to destabilise a country trying to make the most of its natural resources.
The president’s brother had already stepped down in October 2016 from his post in the Timis group after facing criticism of a possible conflict of interest.