André Tarallo commonly known as Monsieur Africa, was a French businessman who worked as the top manager of African affairs for French petroleum company Elf Aquitane from the late 1970s until his arrest in the 1990s for embezzlement.

Tarallo was born at Centuri, Haute-Corse

Centuri, Haute-Corse

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. He testified in July 2000 that Elf Aquitane maintained a slush fund

Slush fund

A slush fund, colloquially, is an auxiliary monetary account or a reserve fund. However, in the context of corrupt dealings, such as those by governments or large corporations, a slush fund can have particular connotations of illegality, illegitimacy, or secrecy in regard to the use of this money...

for bribing African governments, including the Angolan government.