Five years after Senegal’s break in diplomatic relations with Taiwan,
the island state which only has 23 diplomatic allies continues to haunt
political life. At the heart of the affair are the opaque dealings
concerning a US$14 million aid package ‘offered’ by Taiwan to support
bilateral cooperation. Wanting to maintain its ‘privileged’ relations
with countries that recognised its sovereignty, the Taiwanese
government dispensed largesse without much in the way of accounting and Senegal’s leaders allowed funds for public projects to transit through the private bank accounts of troubled businessmen linked to the regime....
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