Ousmane Sonko
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17 Mar
Senegal's charismatic opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and his coalition's presidential candidate flew to the south of the country Saturday, pressing on with their election campaign less than two weeks before the vote.
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Senegal's anti-establishment figureheads have emerged stronger from a three-year struggle against President Macky Sall's government and the courts after their release from prison ahead of this month's election, analysts say.
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Several hundred people rallied in the Senegalese capital Dakar on Saturday calling for the country's postponed presidential elections to be held before April 2, the date when incumbent Macky Sall's term is set to end.
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Senegal's Constitutional Council on Friday rejected jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's candidacy for next month's presidential vote, his lawyer said, after a long-running judicial saga around the firebrand politician.
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Senegal's Supreme Court on Thursday is due to rule on a six-month suspended sentence handed to jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko for defamation, a decision which could jeopardise his chances of running for president. The 49-year-old, who has filed his candidacy to stand in next month's presidential election, has been at the centre of a…
17 Nov
A court of the West African bloc, ECOWAS, said Friday that Senegal did not violate jailed opposition figure Ousmane Sonko's rights, dealing a blow to his chances of running in the 2024 presidential election.
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Detained Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, an aspiring presidential candidate and head of state Macky Sall's fiercest critic, on Saturday ended a hunger strike he began on July 30.
30 Aug 2023
Senegal's justice minister has said that the conviction of firebrand political opponent Ousmane Sonko in a moral corruption scandal is "final", leaving him ineligible for the 2024 presidential election. Sonko, a thorn in the side of President Macky Sall, has faced a string of legal woes since 2021 that he claims are aimed at keeping…
23 Aug 2023
An influential Senegalese religious leader has joined calls for detained opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to end a hunger strike, an official from his political coalition told AFP. A presidential candidate and head of state Macky Sall's fiercest critic, Sonko has faced a string of legal woes since 2021 that he claims are aimed at keeping…
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