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...

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)...

Attention is focusing on Ousmane Sonko the main opposition challenger in next year's presidential election who was charged with defamation and caught in police tear-gas fired at his supporters as he made his way to court on 16 March...

Ousmane Sonko the charismatic leader of the Pastefs les Patriotes opposition party is in full campaign mode for the presidential elections due in early 2024 – although President Macky Sall is yet to announce whether he will run for a third term...

Dakar now seems out of reach for BBY for the foreseeable future while the tenacity of President Macky Sall's main challenger and now mayor of Ziguinchor Ousmane Sonko of the Patriotes africains du Sénégal pour le travail l'éthique et la fraternité (PASTEF the core of the YAW coalition) has surprised many...

Provisional results confirm the dominance in most urban areas of the opposition alliance of Yewwi Askan Wi led by Ousmane Sonko and Khalifa Sall and the Wallu movement of 96-year-old former President Abdoulaye Wade (AC Vol 63 No 11)...

Ousmane Sonko co-leader of the opposition Yewwi Askan Wi electoral alliance promises major protests on 29 June in protest at the killing of protestors by security forces on 17 June in clashes that followed the disqualification of candidates for the 60 national list seats in the 31 July parliamentary elections...

In March 2021 the state tried to prosecute Ousmane Sonko the dynamic leader of the Pastefs les Patriotes party and a serious presidential contender which sparked the worst riots in decades...

The key partnership is the Yewwi Askan Wi ('Free the People' in Wolof) alliance between Ousmane Sonko's Pastefs les Patriotes and the Taxawu Senegaal movement formed by the former Dakar mayor Khalifa Sall...

The Yewwi challenge is led by the charismatic Ousmane Sonko leader of the Pastefs les Patriotes party who is sure to be elected and boost turnout among younger Senegalese...

Ziguinchor elected Ousmane Sonko as mayor 10 months after he was controversially charged with rape (AC Vol 63 No 2 At each other's throats)...