Pandora Papers Expose African Leaders’ Offshore Secrets

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Kenyatta and Ali Bongo of Gabon are among the African leaders named in the Pandora Papers

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Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta (above) and Ali Bongo of Gabon are among the African leaders named in the Pandora Papers investigation as hiding assets in offshore tax havens.

The Pandora Papers are a massive trove of nearly 12 million confidential documents that were leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

The tax documents expose secretive offshore financial structures and trusts in tax havens, thereby casting a light on the shadowy financial tactics of the world’s powerful, including those in Africa.

Which African leaders and families are implicated?

The ICIJ investigation found that nearly 50 politicians and public officials from 18 African countries had connections to offshore entities. The most important include:

Uhuru Kenyatta, president of Kenya

Denis Sassou Nguesso, president of the Republic of the Congo

Ali Bongo Ondimba, president of Gabon

Patrick Achi, prime minister of the Ivory Coast

Jim Muhwezi, security minister of Uganda

Aires Ali, former prime minister of Mozambique

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