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Nearly a year after its creation to review the oil and gas agreements signed under Macky Sall, Ousmane Sonko’s task force has ...
At least 16 people have died and hundreds arrested since violent protests broke out on Thursday in Senegal, following the sentencing of popular opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, according to the ...
Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has expressed concerns about the erosion of international norms and the growing ...
Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted on June 1, 2023, of corrupting youth but acquitted on charges of raping a woman who worked at a massage parlor. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) ...
Ousmane Sonko, a prominent opposition candidate in Senegal's 2024 presidential election, has been sentenced to prison on charges of "corrupting youth", in a case he maintains is intended to stop ...
At least nine people have been killed in protests in Senegal’s capital Dakar and other cities, following the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on Thursday to two years in prison ...
At least one person died in clashes after Ousmane Sonko, a strong rival to the president, was sentenced in absentia to two years in a trial that many Senegalese considered politically motivated.
Ousmane Sonko, Senegal's prominent opposition leader, was released from prison ahead of the March 24 election. Sonko said he plans to address his supporters.
Ousmane Sonko, a fiery figure with a loyal youth following, was charged with fomenting insurrection, and his party dissolved. By Elian Peltier and Dionne Searcey Reporting from Dakar, Senegal ...
Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko on Monday was charged with fomenting insurrection, three days after being arrested at his home, one of his lawyers told reporters. Sonko said Sunday he ...
Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been arrested by the country's gendarmerie. The news was confirmed late on Friday by members of his Patriots of Senegal party as well as his lawyer ...
Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was charged on Saturday with plotting an insurrection, criminal conspiracy and other offenses, two months after his trial for a separate rape charge ...