Tag: Sonko
Senegal: concert of pans at the call of the opponent Ousmane Sonko
Concerts of saucepans sounded the evening of Saturday July 15 in Dakar and in several localities, at the call of the opponent Ousmane Sonko. Candidate for the presidential election of…
before a speech by President Macky Sall, Ousmane Sonko calls for “ending the fight”
President Macky Sall will speak this Monday evening on Senegalese Radio-Television to say whether or not he will run for a third term in 2024. For him and for his…
Ousmane Sonko speaks for the first time since his conviction
Ousmane Sonko’s first public statement, late Tuesday evening, since his 2-year prison sentence for “youth corruption” on June 1. A judgment which had led to deadly violence in the country,…
Senegal: “Ousmane Sonko is in good health, but he is affected”
On May 28, the Senegalese gendarmerie forcibly took Ousmane Sonko to his home in Dakar, where he has been held ever since. Senegalese security forces prevent him from leaving his…
Senegal: between Macky Sall and Ousmane Sonko, a deadly duel
For a long time, President Macky Sall made do with the nickname some people give him: “Niangal Sall” (“Severe Sall”, in Wolof). “It’s a nickname that I may have deserved,…
Glez’s view of the sentencing of Senegalese opponent Ousmane Sonko
DESIGN The opponent, a radical adversary of President Macky Sall, was sentenced for “youth corruption”. A judgment that compromises his chances of running for president in February 2024. Part of…
Senegal: opponent Ousmane Sonko sentenced to 2 years in prison for youth corruption
The judgment in the Ousmane Sonko / Adji Sarr case on June 1, 2023 at the Criminal Chamber of Dakar: the opponent is sentenced to two years in prison for…
Senegal: opponent Ousmane Sonko absent from a hearing in his trial for alleged rape
In Senegal, a hearing in the trial of Ousmane Sonko for alleged rape, after his automatic dismissal last week, took place on May 23, 2023 in Dakar in the absence…
Senegal: Will Ousmane Sonko appear at the opening of his trial against Adji Sarr?
After a dismissal last week, it is this Tuesday that the trial of Ousmane Sonko is due to open on charges of rape. The opponent is being sued by Adji…
Senegal: the trial of opponent Ousmane Sonko for alleged rape postponed to May 23, 2023
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…