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Senegal's Constitutional Council rejects Sonko's presidential candidacy

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Senegal's Constitutional Council rejects the candidacy of jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to run in February's presidential election on the grounds his application was incomplete, his lawyer Cire Cledor Ly tells the press. SOUNDBITE

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