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Son of Senegalese ex-president charged with corruption

Agence France-PresseApril 17, 2013 16:03
The son of Senegal's former leader Abdoulaye Wade was charged with corruption on Wednesday by detectives investigating his vast fortune, valued at more than $1 billion, his lawyer told AFP. Karim Wade, who held a number of cabinet posts during his father's presidency, "has just been charged with illicit enrichment and placed in custody", said El Hadji Amadou Sall. Wade is alleged to have acquired a number of foreign companies and real estate by corrupt means, including Dubai Port World, which runs the port container terminal in Senegal's capital Dakar and Moroccan bank BCME.

11 migrants die as boat capsizes off Morocco

Agence France-PresseApril 17, 2013 13:17
Eleven migrants trying to reach Europe died after their boat capsized off northern Morocco, medical sources said Wednesday, as one of another group of 15 migrants rescued off the coast of southern Spain also perished. Of the 34 people travelling in the boat that overturned in Moroccan waters around midday on Tuesday, two children, three women and six men died, and another 12 were hospitalised, a doctor in the coastal Moroccan town of Hoceima told AFP. The passengers were picked up by the Moroccan navy.

Egypt prosecutor orders Mubarak back to prison

April 17, 2013 10:46
Egypt's public prosecutor on Wednesday ordered the transfer of ousted president Hosni Mubarak to prison from hospital due to the "stability of his health," judicial sources said. The 84-year-old Mubarak will be moved back to Tora prison. He was being held at a military hospital in Cairo where he was being treated for a heart condition, fractured ribs, fluid in the lungs, depression and high blood pressure. strs-iba/jaz/hc

Egypt-IMF talks "haven't failed" - presidency

April 17, 2013 09:15
CAIRO (Reuters) - Negotiations between Egypt and the International Monetary Fund have not failed, the president's office said on Wednesday after an IMF delegation left Cairo without agreement on a $4.8 billion (3.1 billion pounds) loan needed to ease a severe economic crisis.

Ex-rebels launch reprisals in Central African Republic capital

April 16, 2013 15:31
By Paul-Marin Ngoupana BANGUI (Reuters) - Members of a rebel movement that seized power in Central African Republic last month launched a reprisal raid on a stronghold of the ousted former president on Tuesday as the United Nations voiced concern at the deteriorating security situation there. Fighters from the Seleka rebel coalition, which overthrew President Francois Bozize on March 24, opened fire in the same area of the capital Bangui where at least 13 people were killed and dozens more were injured in clashes on Sunday.

Emerald sellers, buyers slam Zambia auction ruling

April 16, 2013 14:01
A lack of buyers at a Zambian emerald auction on Tuesday raised doubts about the government's recent and controversial decision to ban foreign sales of the gems. Around 24 of 31 Indian gemstone companies turned up to an auction in Lusaka, amid complaints from buyers that hosting auctions in the Zambian capital is impractical. Zambia last week banned the selling of its gemstones abroad, a move that the government said was meant to protect the country from unscrupulous buyers and keep gem wealth in the country.

Chief of African troops in Mali visits strife-torn Kidal

April 16, 2013 10:31
The head of the pan-African force fighting Islamist militants in Mali arrived in the northeastern city of Kidal on Monday to discuss security in the war-torn desert region. Pierre Buyoya's visit came a day after France obtained a draft resolution in the UN Security Council for an 11,000-strong UN peacekeeping force to take over military duties in the west African nation on July 1.

Thirteen dead in Central African Republic gunbattle

April 15, 2013 16:15
By Paul-Marin Ngoupana BANGUI (Reuters) - Clashes between fighters who seized power in Central African Republic last month and youths loyal to the ousted former president has killed at least 13 people and left dozens wounded, medical sources said on Monday. The fighting on Sunday was the heaviest in the capital Bangui since a grouping of five rebel movements known as Seleka seized the city on March 24, forcing President Francois Bozize to flee to neighbouring Cameroon.

Senegal ex-president's son arrested in Dakar

April 15, 2013 14:18
The son of former Senegalese leader Abdoulaye Wade was arrested in Dakar on Monday hours after filing a dossier of his assets, valued at more than $1 billion, to the nation's anti-corruption court, his lawyer told AFP. Karim Wade was "driven to the research section of the gendarmerie" in the Colobane district of Dakar after being arrested at home, his lawyer Cire Cledor Ly told reporters. "The regime is testing our resolve but the law is on our side," he added.

Senegal ex-president's son arrested in Dakar

April 15, 2013 14:01
The son of former Senegalese leader Abdoulaye Wade was arrested in Dakar on Monday hours after filing a dossier of his assets, valued at more than $1 billion, to the nation's anti-corruption court, his lawyer told AFP. Karim Wade was "driven to the research section of the gendarmerie" in the Colobane district of Dakar, his lawyer Cire Cledor Ly told reporters. "The regime is testing our resolve but the law is on our side," he added. mrb-stb/ft/jmm
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