Senegal: Karim Wade Released From Prison

24 June 2016

Karim Wade, the convicted son of former Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade, has been released from prison in Senegal after being granted a presidential pardon.

Wade was immediately flown to Qatar after President Macky Sall's decree early Friday, local media reported.

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