Senegal Braces for Fresh Protests Ahead of Sanko's Leader's Trial Gambia Senegal
Senegal's opposition coalition maintained its call for demonstrations during leader Ousmane Sonko's defamation trial despite a ban on protests by police authorities.
Previously, Presiden Maki Sall asked the government to take measures to preserve public order after protests over the trial that left at least one person dead. Sonko faces separate charges of allegedly raping a masseuse in 2021. The case sparked violence that left about a dozen people dead.which would involve changing the constitution.
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