Detained Senegal opposition leader ends hunger strike

Detained for a month, Ousmane Sonko stopped eating on 30 July. His lawyers had warned in recent days about the deterioration of his health.

Opposition leader Sonko was considered a promising candidate for the presidential election in Senegal - until he was excluded from it. He has now ended his hunger strike after more than a month. [more]

Detained since the beginning of July, the Senegalese opponent Ousmane Sonko put an end to more than a month of hunger strike on Saturday, September 2.

Detained Senegal opposition leader ends hunger strike

Detained Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, an aspiring presidential candidate and head of state Macky Sall's fiercest critic, on Saturday ended a hunger strike he began on July 30.

The 2024 presidential candidate began his hunger strike on 30 July when he was imprisoned. Hospitalized since 6 August, his lawyers sounded the alarm on his state of health on Friday, inviting the State “to urgently take all necessary measures to avoid the occurrence of a tragedy”.

Senegal: Oppositionsführer beendet Hungerstreik