Ousmane Sonko
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Ousman Sonko, Gambia's former interior minister under Yahya Jammeh, faces trial for crimes against humanity in Switzerland. Alleged victims hail a landmark day for justice. Also, Ivory Coast's capital is already buzzing with excitement as football fans gear up for the Africa Cup of Nations in Abidjan.
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Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been mired in a flurry of legal woes, which he says are a bid to keep him out of politics.
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Senegalese leading opposition figure, Ousmane Sonko has been sentenced to two years in prison on Thursday for “corrupting youth”. The court acquitted Sonko, a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, of rape charges and issuing death threats, but jailed him for corrupting the country's young people.
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