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Karim Wade (File: AFP)

Dakar - Anticipation was high in Senegal Monday where a court was to issue its verdict in the graft case of flamboyant former minister Karim Wade, son of ex-president Abdoulaye Wade.

Karim Wade went on trial in June 2014 charged with illegally acquiring companies and real estate worth almost $240m while serving in various government posts during his father's 2000-2012 presidency.

He has been in custody since April 2013, while justice officials investigated claims he abused his position to accumulate vast riches.

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