Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and the presidential candidate he is backing in this month's delayed election, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, have been released from prison. The two met ...

Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on Tuesday called for vengeance ... Sonko said he had "called the interior and justice ministers as a candidate" at the start of the campaign.

Incumbent party candidate and former Prime Minister Amadou ... Faye is a close ally of the popular opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, who was barred from standing because of a defamation conviction ...

Senegal's Supreme Court has dismissed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's appeal against a libel ... publish a final list of cleared presidential candidates on 20 January.

A former Senegalese prime minister on Monday conceded the presidential election to the opposition candidate based on ... by popular opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, has vowed to protect Senegal ...

“There may be a warning from the electorate,” Dione said. – Highly influential Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko is the lead candidate for the ruling Pastef party. His bid to run for president was blocked ...

Sonko has a support base that surpasses the normal tribal and party affiliation. He is a candidate that is able to woo voters on any side of the different political parties in the country.

Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has urged supporters of the ruling ... Bassirou Diomaye Faye won the vote, defeating the candidate of then-president Macky Sall by a landslide.

Forty lists of candidates are competing ... The ruling Pastef party is led by President Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko. Traditionally, Senegalese voters have always given elected presidents ...

Bassirou is me' Bassirou Diomaye Faye was announced in February as the so-called "Plan B" candidate, replacing the charismatic opposition firebrand Ousmane Sonko. "I would even say that he has ...

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 ...