The announcement by Senegal's President Macky Sall that imprisoned former minister Karim Wade could be released from jail before the end of the year has generated a lot of reaction.
Wade, who is the son of the former President Abdoulaye Wade and was nicknamed "the minister of the earth and the sky" while in office, was sentenced for six years for corruption in March last year.
Opposition leader Idrissa Seck said he suspected a deal had been struck between President Sall and his predecessor.
Two prominent civil rights organisations, Forum Civil and Y'en a Marre (trans: "we're fed up)" say if Wade is released for political reasons, it would be a blow to the fight against corruption.
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