On Friday, thousands of people took to the streets of the capital Dakar to protest oil contracts condemned as fraudulent. A new demonstration following accusations of corruption against the Senegalese President’s brother.
Aliou Sall, the president’s younger brother, is rumoured to have received a sum in the region of $250,000 from a Romanian businessman linked to the oil market. Senegalese people are demanding transparent management of their black gold.
The good people of Senegal have called on the government to renegotiate these contracts and ensure that justice is free and transparent in the country,” said Papa Diop, protester.
Some demonstrators are calling for justice. While the bolder ones are asking Macky Sall to resign.