Senegal’s prominent opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, encountered significant setbacks in his pursuit of contesting the presidency as the top court upheld his defamation conviction, and the Constitutional Council rejected his incomplete application to be a presidential candidate. The rejection of Sonko’s candidacy was based on its incomplete nature, and his lawyer, Cir�� Cledor Ly, highlighted […]

The leader of the Pastef party Ousmane Sonko– who is faced with rape allegations appeared in court on Monday which led to his release. But the question that might come to one’s mind is can Ousmane Sonko’s pay for the lost and damages. Violence and Vandalisation became the main headlines emerging from the West African […]

The former French colony–Senegal has received backlashes since the arrest of the country’s top opposition leader–Ousmane Sonko. The arrest which took place on Wednesday in the streets of Dakar came ahead of Sonko’s appearance before a court for rape allegations. Before the arrest, hundreds of Sonko’s supporters gathered near his home to follow him to […]