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Added on the 16/03/2023 11:36:31 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Supporters gather to celebrate outside the Dakar home of opposition candidate Ousmane Sonko, as anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye appears ahead of the governing coalition's former prime minister, Amadou Ba, according to provisional results from individual polling stations broadcast by local media and on social networks. IMAGES
Exterior shots of the Supreme Court of Senegal as it decides whether a ruling in a defamation case against political opponent Ousmane Sonko is valid. If confirmed, the six month suspended prison sentence could make the presidential candidate ineligible to run in the upcomign presidential elections. IMAGES
The hearing concerning political opponent Ousmane Sonko's reinstatement on the electoral rolls gets underway. His candidacy for the 2024 presidential election depends on the outcome of this hearing. IMAGES
Supporters set up barricades to block the road to opposition leader Ousmane Sonko’s house in Ziguinchor, his hometown. This as his trial on alleged rape charges gets underway in Dakar, without him. He also refused to attend on the original start date of the trial on May 16, which was adjourned because he was a no-show. IMAGES
Images outside of the Palais de Justice in Dakar, as the appeals trial of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko is due to begin. Sonko, who was accused of defamation, was handed a two-month suspended sentence in the court case at the end of March after a trial his lawyers said would not rule him out of the 2024 presidential election. Sonko's fate is also wrapped up in another case in which he is accused of rape, which he contests. IMAGES