00:00They're all mentioned many times in the latest files.
00:03Karim Wade, son of former Senegalese President Abdullahi Wade,
00:07and a politician himself, is named in over 500 of the documents available
00:11from the US Department of Justice.
00:13How long have you been?
00:15They appear to show conversations with Jeffrey Epstein from 2010 onwards,
00:19when Wade was Senegal's Minister for International Corporation and Energy Minister.
00:25In them, the American financier seeks investment opportunities on the African continent.
00:31Meanwhile, former Zimbabwe strongman Robert Mugabe is mentioned 31 times,
00:37including in correspondence between Epstein and Joe Ito.
00:40The Japanese investor resigned from MIT in 2019 over donations that the American Institute had received from Epstein,
00:47who suggests that they approach the late head of state to create a new currency in Zimbabwe.
00:52Former South African President Jacob Zuma's name comes up 87 times,
00:58with one exchange standing out from the others.
01:01In March 2010, a person named Mark Lloyd, claiming to be a friend of Epstein's,
01:05contacts a woman named Vera.
01:08I have been asked to help arrange a small dinner tomorrow night
01:11for President Jacob Zuma of South Africa at the Ritz Hotel at 7pm.
01:16Jeffrey suggested that I invite you, as you would be certain to add some real glamour to the occasion.
01:22I'm from Russia and I've lived in London for the past two years.
01:26I've been modelling for the past six years and I've lived in Paris, New York, Barcelona and Japan.
01:32The Jacob Zuma Foundation described the reports as being, quote,
01:35agenda-driven, saying that they show no unlawful conduct from the former president.
01:40Indeed, being mentioned in the files doesn't imply any wrongdoing,
01:44and no charges are held against any of the three men in relation to Epstein's case.
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