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Senegal court annuls ruling that allowed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to run for president
Summary by Ground News
Senegal's Supreme Court overturned a judgment that had put detained political opponent Ousmane Sonko back in the 2024 presidential race. Sonko, 49, was on June 1 convicted in abstentia of morally corrupting a young person and sentenced to two years in prison. He denounced the trial as a plot to exclude him from the election.
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