Supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko are staging three days of protests ahead of a defamation trial that could stop the 48-year-old from contesting next year's presidential election.
Thousands of people rallied peacefully in a working class district of the capital Dakar on Tuesday amid speculation that President Macky Sall plans to seek a third presidential term, bypassing the constitution.
Government spokesman Abdou Karim Fofana said gatherings would be authorised as long as there was no risk to public order. He described Senegal as a"country of freedoms".
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