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Two-Year Sentence for Opposition Leader Sparks Protests in Senegal


Two-Year Sentence for Opposition Leader Sparks Protests in Senegal
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Protests erupted in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, Thursday shortly after a court handed opposition leader and presidential aspirant Ousmane Sonko a prison sentence. Although the court acquitted Sonko of rape charges, he was convicted of "corrupting youth" and given two years in jail.

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