Karim Meïssa Wade

Power is concentrated in the hands of President Abdoulaye Wade; development strategy is led by his son Karim Wade...

The presidential succession of Karim Wade is far from a fait accompli not least because his father Abdoulaye Wade does not yet want to step down...

The lawsuit accused Badji - widely seen as a mentor to Karim Wade - President Wade and Energy Minister Samuel Sarr a financial advisor to Wade of 'acting like the notorious deadbeat who swears that the check is in the mail'...

The deal with the state-owned power plant builder is another opportunity for the Minister of International Cooperation National Planning Air Transport and Infrastructure (and presidential son) Karim Wade to showcase his talents before the 2012 elections...

Among the names cited in the affair are the President’s son Karim Wade the President’s friend and advisor Pierre Aïm and Aïm’s son Emmanuel...

) were then transferred to Emmanuel Aïm’s Bank of America account and then to the accounts of Fitem Enterprises in the name of another businessman and friend of Karim Wade Jérôme Godart...

By promoting his son Karim Wade into the government of new Prime Minister Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye on 1 May President Abdoulaye Wade has revived his project for a hereditary presidency...

The governing coalition Sopi (Change) lost even in the wards where Wade himself and his favourite son and heir apparent Karim Wade cast their votes...

Before the vote it was widely believed that Pape Diop intended if elected to hand over his job to Karim Wade who was also on the Sopi list...

In fact Seck said he intended to rejoin Wade before the elections but was rebuffed by the President’s hard-line staffers and notably by Karim Wade and his team...

Abdoulaye Baldé a former police commissioner saw service under former President Abdou Diouf then under Abdoulaye Wade before enlisting with Karim Wade who seemed headed for supreme power...

Secondly he seeks to extend his term from five to seven years to ease the accession of his son Karim Wade...

The trouble seems to have been started by PDS members who back would-be candidates belonging to the 'Concrete Generation' faction whose patron is Karim Wade the President's son...

Control of Dakar itself is disputed between two PDS figures: Karim Wade and Pape Diop the Mayor of Dakar who is also President of the Senate...

With little input from the rest of the government its mastermind is the President's son Karim Wade...

Another prominent anti-Wade personality Macky Sall President of the National Assembly summoned Karim Wade to explain Anoci's accounts before Parliament...

To reach his goal Seck will have to confront not only Karim Wade but also the many radical PDS members who even at the height of his relationship with Wade Senior refused to accept his leadership...