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After Sonko's conviction, protests started in several cities on 1 June 2023. On 2 June, Sonko's PASTEF-Patriots Party urged the populace to resist until President Sall resigned. The protests in Dakar 's Ouakam and Ngor districts became violent, which overwhelmed the local police, and looting occurred.
Ousmane Sonko (Wolof: Usmaan Sonko; born 15 July 1974) is a Senegalese politician and former tax official who is serving as the 16th prime minister of Senegal since 2024. He is also the leader of PASTEF ever since the party was founded in January 2014. Sonko was the PASTEF candidate in the 2019 presidential election, ultimately
Members of Sonko's dissolved Pastef party and other parties formed a coalition and picked Faye as a candidate in November. Sonko himself was disqualified over a defamation conviction he said was ...
The 2021 Senegalese protests were a series of mass protests and rioting against the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko over rape allegations which left 13 dead in Senegal during early March. Protests occurred starting throughout Senegal on 3 March, when hundreds gathered to protest the opposition leader's arrest. Thousands took to the ...
PASTEF Ousmane Sonko: Left-wing: Left-wing populism Pan-Africanism: 130 / 165. Takku Wallu Sénégal "Stand Up to Save Senegal" Alliance for the Republic
Sonko may refer to: Edrissa Sonko (born 1980), Gambian footballer; Ibrahima Sonko (born 1981), Senegalese footballer; Moustapha Sonko (born 1972), French basketball ...
Andre Sonko (born 4 February 1944 [1] in Ngazobil) is a politician in Senegal. Sonko was the Senegalese Minister for Education, and presided over the 1998 UNESCO World Conference for Higher Education.
President Donald Trump has a busy week scheduled to start February, with the Senate continuing to churn though the president's nominations for critical Cabinet positions.