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Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko speaks at a press conference in the capital Dakar, convened after days of deadly nationwide clashes sparked by his arrest last week. He called for "much larger" anti-government protests in the West African state, but urged that they be peaceful. IMAGES
Supporters of Senegal's detained main opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, protest outside a court where a judge has ordered his release. Sonko has been formally charged with rape. Five people including a schoolboy have been killed in clashes sparked by the arrest of Sonko and dozens of his supporters. IMAGES
Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko makes his first public appearance in months, greeting and waving at hundreds of supporters in the capital Dakar, a day after his release from prison. Sonko is welcomed by the crowd ahead of a press conference he was due to hold with his deputy, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who was also released from prison on Thursday and who Sonko has endorsed as a candidate for the country's March 24 presidential vote. IMAGES
A crowd of several thousand Senegalese celebrate outside the home of political opponent Ousmane Sonko in Dakar following his release from prison. The opposition leader and his second-in-command, presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, were released from prison in Senegalese capital on Thursday evening, 10 days before the election, according to one of their lawyers and an AFP journalist. IMAGES
Hundreds of people take part in a rally in Santa Cruz, Bolivia's economic capital, to demand the release of opposition leader and Santa Cruz governor Luis Fernando Camacho, on the first anniversary of his arrest on terrorism charges over the ousting of former President Evo Morales in 2019. IMAGES