Senegal's Ex-'Minister of Heaven' Jailed

A six-year jail term has been imposed on Karim Wade, the son of Senegal's former president. The flamboyant 46-year-old ex-London financier had denied enriching himself while holding up to five cabinet posts.

A special Senegalese court jailed the son of former president Abdoulaye Wade on Monday, concluding that he had hidden away funds in offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands and Panama.

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