Sonko

Jailed Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has submitted his candidacy to contest a February presidential election with the constitutional council despite the state's refusal to provide him the necessary documents. Sonko's back-up…

Imprisoned Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, whose bid for the 2024 presidential election is in doubt, has ended the hunger strike he has been on since mid-October, announced two of his party officials who visited him in prison.…

Leading Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko was charged with fomenting insurrection and his party dissolved, stoking concerns about further unrest two months after fatal clashes. Sonko, a presidential candidate and President Macky…

Senegal's public prosecutor has announced seven new charges against opposition politician Ousmane Sonko. The public prosecutor added that the new charges are unrelated to the outcome of a moral corruption case that sparked deadly…

The Senegalese government has cited judicial delays and the "precautionary principle" to justify the fact that the authorities have still not arrested opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, who has been sentenced to prison, but are blocking…

A criminal court in Dakar has sentenced Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, to two years' imprisonment on a charge of "corrupting young people", while acquitting him of rape. The…

Senegalese police abruptly ended opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's march across the country by arresting him in the south and forcibly returning him to Dakar, the authorities said. Interior Minister Antoine Diome cited the clashes…