Ousmane Sonko, a leading opposition figure in Senegal, has been charged with new offences and his party dissolved. The interior minister said Mr Sonko and his Pastef party had been calling for ...

With a president who owes his success to his mentor-turned-prime minister Ousmane Sonko, Senegal's political situation was ...

Senegal's Supreme Court has dismissed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's appeal against a libel conviction, potentially ruling him out of next month's presidential election. He has been seen as a ...

Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has urged supporters of the ruling Pastef party to take revenge for alleged violence against them during the campaign for a parliamentary election this ...

Sonko, who has been head of the government since it took office in April, spoke of clashes in the capital Dakar, the northern city of Saint-Louis and the central town of Koungheul. He blamed the ...

Voters handed Senegal’s president an overwhelming legislative majority in snap elections. Now, he has to deliver for them.

In the upcoming parliamentary elections in Senegal scheduled for this weekend, former presidential rivals Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and former President Macky Sall will face off once more ...

The 7.3 million registered voters will choose whether to hand a parliamentary majority to newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko. Faye and Sonko swept to ...

Mr Faye (L) and Ousmane Sonko (R) will now have to work together to fulfil the promise of the election This included detaining the party's popular leader Ousmane Sonko and Mr Faye, who was Pastef ...

Months in jail alongside ally and kingmaker Ousmane Sonko ended suddenly, with the pair released the week before the presidential election. Now Mr Clean, as he's nicknamed, must get to work on the ...

In the upcoming parliamentary elections in Senegal scheduled for this weekend, former presidential rivals Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and former President Macky Sall will face off once more ...

The 7.3 million registered voters will choose whether to hand a parliamentary majority to newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko. Faye and Sonko swept ...