[Billet d'humour] Des emprunts un peu trop discrets ?
In Senegal, some debts sprout like mushrooms… but only when it rains in London. It took a British newspaper sneezing for Dakar to discover that, between sips of Touba coffee, it had raised nearly 430 billion CFA francs, contracted with Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB). Olympic discretion, minimalist communication: borrowing is done in silence, like walking barefoot in a hall of transparency.
Nothing illegal, nothing exotic—well-known partners. But clearly, more familiar to insiders than to the general Senegalese public. The opposition, for its part, was quick to pull out the vuvuzelas: "Hidden debt!" they cried, while the government adjusted its glasses to calmly respond: "Normal transactions. Move along." So, it's perfectly normal to borrow without any fanfare.
At this rate, even the creditors will end up warning the citizens.
Officially, everything is in order. Ceilings respected, finance laws honored, budgetary orthodoxy intact. In short, a model loan… except for one small detail: the disclosure. Because while the debt isn't hidden, it wasn't exactly forthcoming either. A timid, almost modest debt, preferring the wings to the spotlight.
In any case, Senegalese people discover they owe money as if it were a rumor—by surprise, and often from outside. Without this external spotlight, how long would this silence have lasted?
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