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Added on the 01/06/2023 16:20:18 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of barricades burning in the streets of Dakar. Initial clashes broke out in Dakar, where Senegalese gendarmes used tear gas to disperse hundreds of people who had come to demonstrate against the postponement of the presidential election, before being pelted with stones. IMAGES
Security forces are on alert for potential clashes in Dakar as a court prepares to issue a verdict in the trial of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on rape charges. The two-year case has deeply polarised the West African country, igniting accusations of political meddling in the judiciary and sparking violent confrontations between Sonko's supporters and the security forces. IMAGES
Supporters set up barricades to block the road to opposition leader Ousmane Sonko’s house in Ziguinchor, his hometown. This as his trial on alleged rape charges gets underway in Dakar, without him. He also refused to attend on the original start date of the trial on May 16, which was adjourned because he was a no-show. IMAGES
Images outside of the Palais de Justice in Dakar, as the appeals trial of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko is due to begin. Sonko, who was accused of defamation, was handed a two-month suspended sentence in the court case at the end of March after a trial his lawyers said would not rule him out of the 2024 presidential election. Sonko's fate is also wrapped up in another case in which he is accused of rape, which he contests. IMAGES
In the streets of Dakar, Senegal's capital, the police patrol the streets, following calls to protest by the country's opposition ahead of parliamentary elections. Rubble burns in the street as heavily clad police officers patrol and crowds can be seen tentatively gathering. IMAGES
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