2025 - Senegal's Court of Auditors Highlights Financial Management Irregularities in Recent Five-Year Review

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In Senegal, the state of public finances is alarming. This is the main conclusion of the final report of the Court of Auditors on the management of public money from 2019 to 31 March 2024, published yesterday, Wednesday. Very expected, the document reveals many gaps and shortcomings in the management of public funds and first a very large public debt.

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The latest report of the Court of Auditors has caused a shock in Senegal. Pointing to financial irregularities under the administration of Macky Sall (2019-2024), this document revives the debate on the accountability of former leaders. Among the most insistent voices, that of Dame Mbodji, an influential figure of the new regime, which calls for explanations and envisages a possible inquiry of the former president and his finance ministers. The …

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2025 - Senegal's Court of Auditors Highlights Financial Management Irregularities in Recent Five-Year Review

Recent revelations about Senegal’s public finance management from 2019 to 2024 have unveiled significant anomalies, particularly regarding national debt and budget deficits during Macky Sall’s presidency. The Court of Auditors reported a staggering 18,558.91 billion CFA francs in debt, equating to 99.67% of GDP, and a recalculated budget deficit of 12.3%. Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko criticized the financial situation, prompting the IMF to suspe…

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"Anomalies" and "misses" were detected in the management of public finances in Senegal between 2019 and 2024, under former President Macky Sall, pointed out the Court of Auditors in a report which called into question the figures of its regime on, inter alia, debt and the budget deficit.

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This Wednesday, February 12, 2025, the Court of Auditors of Senegal published an explosive report on the management of public finances between 2019 and March 2024. This 57-page document reveals several financial irregularities, undecided debts and questionable practices under the era of former President Macky Sall.