Dangote Sues Zambia’s Labour Minister over Bribery Allegations

   

    A sudsidiary of the Dangote Group in Zambia, Dangote Cement's Zambian has dragged the Zambian’s labour minister to court for alleged libel and slander after the minister accused an executive of the company for trying to bribe him.

According to Reuters

A row has been brewing between Zambia and Dangote Cement, a major employer in Africa's second-largest copper producer, after the government minister made the allegations in September.

"The plaintiff has been brought into public scandal and its reputation has been injured," Dangote said in a writ of summons dated Oct. 10.

"malicious misinformation" and denied the corruption and bribery claims.

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