Senegal President exempts himself from new anti-corruption law

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has vowed to return financial accountability to the Senegalese government after his predecessor left billions of dollars in hidden debt – yet, Faye himself is exempt from new transparency law.

Senegal’s government has presented an amendment that will expand the 2014 asset declaration law for high-ranking public servants.

With the new provision, public prosecutors, investigating judges, local…