Ousmane Sonko and Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal’s leading opposition figures who were released from prison late Thursday, are key elements of an anti-establishment movement hoping to win the presidential vote…
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Senegal president could set election date after crisis talks
Senegal’s President Macky Sall could soon set a date for a delayed presidential election after two days of talks aimed at settling the country’s biggest political crisis in decades. Sall…
Senegal’s newly freed opponents ready to resume the fight
After more than six months behind bars, 34-year-old Mohamed Sy has just been granted his freedom — one of hundreds of detained opposition members and activists suddenly released after weeks…
Ousmane Sonko: Senegal court rejects opposition leader’s presidential candidacy
Senegal’s Constitutional Council on Friday rejected the candidacy of jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to run in next month’s presidential vote, his lawyer said, after a long-running judicial saga around…