Senegal’s Ousmane Sonko charged with fomenting insurrection
Jul 30, 2023 · Senegal’s opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been charged with plotting an insurrection and other new offences, according to the country’s public prosecutor.
Senegal's top opposition leader freed from ... - Associated Press News
Mar 15, 2024 · DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s top opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, has been released from prison ahead of the presidential election later this month, triggering jubilant celebrations across the country’s capital. Sonko is widely seen as the main challenger to President Macky Sall’s ruling party. As he left the prison complex on ...
Ousmane Sonko trial: Senegal opposition leader sentenced for ... - BBC
Jun 1, 2023 · A court in Senegal has sentenced opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to two years in jail for "corrupting youth", but has cleared him of rape. The ruling means he was found to have acted immorally...
Ousmane Sonko sentenced: Why are tensions flaring in Senegal? - Al Jazeera
Jun 2, 2023 · Nine people have died in clashes that erupted after Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko was sentenced to two years in prison. Sonko’s supporters threw rocks at riot police and set fire to...
Ousmane Sonko: Senegalese youth hero or rabble-rouser? - BBC News
Jul 31, 2023 · Ousmane Sonko, a leading opposition figure in Senegal, has been charged with new offences and his party dissolved. The interior minister said Mr Sonko and his Pastef party had been calling...
Deadly clashes in Senegal after opposition leader is sentenced to …
Jun 1, 2023 · Nine people died in clashes that erupted after Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was sentenced to two years behind bars, Interior Minister Antoine Diome said Friday.
Ousmane Sonko: Senegalese youth hero or rabble-rouser?
Jul 31, 2023 · Ousmane Sonko, a leading opposition figure in Senegal, has been charged with new offences and his party dissolved. The interior minister said Mr Sonko and his Pastef party had been calling...
Senegal’s Sonko can be arrested ‘at any time’: Justice minister
Jun 1, 2023 · Protests have erupted in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, after a court sentenced the leading opposition figure Ousmane Sonko to two years in jail for “corrupting youth”, dealing a blow to his chances...
Senegal: the conviction of opponent Sonko is “final”, according to …
Aug 31, 2023 · The Senegalese Minister of Justice declared that the conviction of opponent Ousmane Sonko in a morals case was “final”, which makes him ineligible for the 2024 presidential election.
Ousmane Sonko: Senegal court boost for opposition leader's
Dec 14, 2023 · A court in Senegal has ordered that jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko be reinstated on the electoral register, paving the way for him to run in February's presidential election.