The BBC investigation reveals that Franck Timis Corporation, the Romanian-Australian business magnate, made a secret payment of 250,000 dollars (approximately 146 million CFA francs) to a company run by the brother of the Senegalese president.

The investigation sparked outrage among many Senegalese, some of whom demanded that a judicial inquiry be conducted by the courts into the contracts concluded between Aliou Sall and the oil company.

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A minister in charge of presidential communications, El Hadji Hamidou Kassé, recently acknowledged the existence of the payment to Aliou Sall.

"According to the information I have, the sum of 250,000 dollars was transferred to Aliou Sall's company Agitrans for the payment of a consulting mission in the agricultural sector," Mr. Kassé said during an interview on TV5.

Two demonstrations were organized in Dakar by the opposition and Senegal's civil society, demanding that the courts clarify this matter.

The attorney general announced the opening of an investigation and invited anyone who could help clarify it to go and testify before the Directorate of Criminal Investigations.

Watch the BBC documentary on the contracts signed by Aliou Sall and Franck Timis Corporation:

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The television network's interview with Mr. Kassé sparked considerable discontent in the entourage of the Senegalese president.

Some close to Macky Sall harshly criticized Mr. Kassé, while others believed he had made an honest mistake.

Listen to Aliou Sall's reaction the day after the BBC investigation was published:

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