FILE PHOTO: Senegal opposition leader indicted and released on bail in Dakar DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, whose jail sentencing in June sparked violent protests, was ...

Unrest brought Senegal’s capital to a standstill this week as protests erupted. Demonstrators in Dakar set cars on fire and threw rocks at police. Police fired tear gas on the crowds. On Thursday, ...

DAKAR — Police in Senegal clashed with protesters in several neighbourhoods of the capital Dakar on Friday, including in front of a courthouse where an opposition leader made his first appearance ...

DAKAR (Reuters) - Juan Branco, a French lawyer for Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, has been released on bail by a judge, Senegal's justice minister said on Monday. Branco faces ...

Then-opposition leader Ousmane Sonko greets his supporters after leaving the tribunal in Dakar, Senegal, 16 February 2023 ...

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 ...

Demonstrators battled with the police to protest a two-year prison sentence given to a leading opposition figure. At least nine people died in the confrontations. By Elian Peltier Reporting from Dakar ...

French hard left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon is on a four-day visit to Senegal, where he became the first French political figure to be received by the new government under the leadership of Prime ...

Senegal's prime minister Ousmane Sonko raised the possibility of closing French military bases in the West African country on Thursday in a wide-ranging speech that also touched on the euro-backed CFA ...

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and his second-in-command, presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, were released from prison in Dakar on 14 March, 10 days before the country’s ...

Sonko said Senegal's desire for autonomy over its security was incompatible with the lasting presence of foreign military bases. While many countries had promised defence deals, this does not justify ...

Sonko and his ally Bassirou Diomaye Faye were greeted by hundreds of supporters after they flew into the coastal resort of Cap Skiring in the Casamance region. Sonko has endorsed Faye as his coalition ...