# Senegal’s National Assembly has lifted parliamentary immunity for two opposition MPs over alleged embezzlement linked to Covid funds while they were ministers under the former government. Moustapha Diop was the minister of industrial development while Salimata Diop was the women’s affairs minister under former president Macky Sall when the fund to fight the spread of Covid-19 was established in 2020 and 2021. They are among at least six ministers from the former government whose cases have been referred to the National Assembly by the courts, for alleged misappropriation of Covid-funds.
Senegal lifts MPs parliamentary immunity over alleged Covid-corruption