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Ousmane Sonko

Date of Birth: 15 July 1974
Place of Birth: Thiès


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Sall's 'safe choice' hits turbulence

Khalifa Sall is also likely to benefit if as expected Ousmane Sonko nominally his partner in the Yewwi Askan Wi alliance is not allowed to stand (AC Vol 64 No 11 Sonko's trial is Sall's challenge)...


Seck seeks DC clout

With uncertainty over Ousmane Sonko's future the 2024 polls are shaping up to be a four-way battle between Seck Khalifa Sall Karim Wade and Prime Minister Amadou Ba who last week was anointed by outgoing President Sall as candidate for the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY) party...


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Macky Sall cherry-picks his party's opponents

However fellow opposition leader Ousmane Sonko convicted earlier this year of 'corrupting the morals' of a 20-year old masseuse in what his supporters dismiss as a politically-motivated law suit triggered violent protests this year...

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President Sall plays opposition roulette

The battle between President Macky Sall who stated in early July that he would not seek a third term and opposition leader Ousmane Sonko is intensifying with the banning of the main opposition party on 2 August...

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No last stand

He risked defeat even if the charismatic Pastef party leader Ousmane Sonko recently convicted of corrupting a minor was disqualified from standing...


Political divide deepens

Justice minister Sidiki Kaba – a former head of the International Human Rights Federation – has dismissed critics of the tough crackdown on the protests that followed the conviction of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko (AC Vol 64 No 12 Street hits back for Sonko)...


Street hits back for Sonko

Senegalese are in shock after lethal clashes between police and crowds protesting the 1 June conviction of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko for 'corrupting the morals' of 20-year-old masseuse Adji Sarr...


Sonko's trial is Sall's challenge

More than two years after he was first charged with raping the masseuse Adji Sarr and then making death threats Ousmane Sonko the charismatic leader of the Pastef Les Patriotes party and one of President Macky Sall's most determined opponents this week finally faced trial after an incendiary build-up to the proceedings...


Seck enters a crowded field

In local and legislative elections in 2022 Seck's Rewmi party lost control of Thiès Senegal's third city and for decades Seck's political fiefdom to the opposition alliance of Yewwi Askan Wi led by Ousmane Sonko and Khalifa Sall (AC Vol 63 No 3 Sall sags at polls)...


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