The 49-year-old politician, who is popular among young Senegalese, was formally charged Monday with calling for insurrection, undermining state security, criminal association with a terrorist body and other crimes.
A court sentenced firebrand opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to two years’ jail for “corrupting youth
The 48-year-old has fired up the country’s disaffected young, portraying them, and himself, as victims of the “state mafia.”
Maandamano yaliyopangwa ya Azimio yanaambatana na angalau maonyesho mengine 4 ‘yanayofanana’ katika nchi 4 tofauti za Afrika
Ousmane Sonko, 48, was accused last year of raping an employee of a beauty salon where he was getting a massage
Mvutano umekuwa ukiongezeka katika nchi hiyo kabla ya upigaji kura wa wabunge wa Julai 31, unaoonekana kuwa uchaguzi muhimu kwa Rais Macky Sall.
MPs Dethie Fall and Mame Diarra Fame were tried along with the 82 other defendants at the court in the capital Dakar.
Mahakama ya Senegal Jumanne ilimkabidhi mbunge wa upinzani kifungo cha miezi sita jela kwa kukaidi marufuku iliyowekwa kwa maandamano wakati wa maandalizi ya uchaguzi wa wabunge
Polisi wa Senegal waliziba njia ya kuelekea nyumbani kwake kiongozi wa upinzani Ousmane Sonko baada yake kuitisha maandamano siku ya Ijumaa, wakati nchi hiyo ikiwa katika mvutano wa kabla ya uchaguzi.
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