Prime Minister Amadou Ba's status as the favourite has been strengthened by the confirmation of a defamation conviction against opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and the rejection of his application to stand in the presidential election (AC Vol 64 No 19 Sall's 'safe choice' hits turbulence)...
On 5 January the Constitutional Court will rule on statements from 13 parliamentarians in support of the presidential candidacy of Ousmane Sonko leader of the officially dissolved Pastef Les Patriotes...
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)...
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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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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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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He risked defeat even if the charismatic Pastef party leader Ousmane Sonko recently convicted of corrupting a minor was disqualified from standing...
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)...
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...
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...
