Senegal will finally go to the polls this weekend, in a vote that was delayed, then reinstated. A beacon of relative stability in a restless region, its democratic resilience has been sorely tested.
Supporters celebrate the release of Senegal's top opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and his key ally Bassirou Diomaye Faye outside Sonko's home in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, March 14, 2024.Supporters celebrate the release of Senegal's top opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and his key ally Bassirou Diomaye Faye outside Sonko's home in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, March 14, 2024.Senegal holds elections this weekend. Finally.
The constitutional court has ruled that the president must leave office by the end of his second term on April 2. To some, this reflects the strength of Senegal's institutions and democracy.
Faye was freed alongside Ousmane Sonko, Senegal's leading opposition figure and a firebrand populist who was barred from running for president. Sonko has become Sall's most ardent critic andAccused of rape in 2021, he was eventually cleared, but then sentenced to prison for two years in 2023 for"corrupting a minor," or improper behavior toward a 20-year-old massage therapist. He has repeatedly called the charges politically motivated.
"The lack of jobs is very difficult for us, we've done everything to find a job to support ourselves but found nothing," she told NPR." People lost hope a long time ago. But maybe if Diomaye becomes president things will improve, people will see their life conditions improving."
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