The leak of confidential documents, source of the investigation conducted by "Le Monde" and the ICIJ, reveals that many African heads of state and government hide their fortunes behind anonymous shell companies.

The Pandora Papers confirm the size of President Kenyatta's family fortune at $30 million. The family of the former president of Kenya, a figure in the fight against corruption, owns a secret foundation in Panama, holding more than 30 million dollars (26 million euros). In Gabon, President Ali Bongo controlled two offshore companies in the BVI at the end of the 2000s, when he was still Minister of Defense. In Ivory Coast. Prime Minister Patrick Achi controlled a company in the Bahamas until at least 2006. In Chad, Zakaria Déby, brother of the current Chadian president, created a Seychellois company in 2008 in association with a cousin and an alleged arms trafficker . In Lebanon, the current Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, in 2010 bought a property worth 10 million dollars (7.5 million euros) in Monaco through a Panamanian company. His predecessor Hassan Diab more recently owned a company in the BVI.