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Senegal police detain protesters amid outcry over gas deal

Demonstrators gesture during a protest calling for an investigation after BBC’s corruption report over Senegal’s oil wells involving Aliou Sall, brother of President Macky Sall in Dakar, Senegal June 14, 2019. [Reuters]

Senegalese riot police fired tear gas and detained more than 20 people on Friday at an unsanctioned protest in Dakar over a BBC report of allegations the president’s brother was involved in fraud related to two offshore gas blocks developed by BP PLC.

Prosecutors have said they will open an investigation following the publication of the BBC report earlier in June. The report has caused public outcry and cast a shadow over Senegal’s energy plans years before the first oil and gas starts flowing.

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