Karim Wade, the high-flying son of former Senegal president Abdoulaye Wade bidding to follow his father to the top office, was sentenced Monday to six years in prison in a deeply divisive graft case. The 46-year-old flamboyant former minister was found guilty of "illicit enrichment" and fined the equivalent of more than 210 million euros ($230 million). His assets are to be confiscated.
He was however cleared of the main corruption charge - initially said to involve one billion euros but later whittled down to 105 million euros - by a special anti-corruption court in Dakar.