Senegal media boss in custody after criticising president

The owner of one of Senegal's largest media groups has been detained after accusing President Macky Sall of building up wealth through corruption, the company said yesterday.
Sidy Lamine Niass, founder and CEO of Walfadjri, was taken into custody on Monday after being summoned to a police station in Dakar, company spokesman Abdourahmane Camara said.
Dakar police refused to comment and Camara said he wasn't able to specify the charges against his boss but local media said Niass was accused of "disturbing public order and insulting the head of state".
Niass said during an interview broadcast on Saturday by his television station that he had evidence of "illicit enrichment" by Sall, who was elected in March last year.