(23 Mar 2015) The son of Senegal's powerful former president was convicted Monday on corruption charges and sentenced to six years in prison with a fine of nearly 230 (m) million US dollars in a verdict that could reopen the wounds of the hard-fought 2012 elections.
Karim Wade, who held several high level Cabinet positions in the government of his father Abdoulaye Wade, was charged with illegally accumulating a fortune of at least 200 (m) million US dollars.
Wade's supporters say his trial is part of a political vendetta waged by President Macky Sall against his old rival and denounced the verdict as soon as it was read.
On Saturday, Wade's Senegalese Democratic Party chose Karim Wade as their candidate for the next presidential elections despite the ongoing corruption trial.
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