Senegal: the trial of opponent Ousmane Sonko for alleged rape postponed to May 23, 2023

Senegal the trial of opponent Ousmane Sonko for alleged rape

In Senegal, the trial of opponent Ousmane Sonko for alleged rape has been adjourned to May 23, 2023, announced the Dakar court where the leader of the party Les Patriotes africaines du Sénégal pour le travail, l’éthique et la fraternité (Pastef ) was expected this Tuesday, May 16. The candidate for the 2024 presidential election, sentenced on May 8 to a 6-month suspended prison sentence for defamation, is opposed in this procedure to a former employee of a massage parlour, Adji Sarr, who accuses him of rapes.

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