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Two opposition leaders in Senegal are excluded from the final list of presidential candidates
Read full article: Two opposition leaders in Senegal are excluded from the final list of presidential candidatesSenegal’s highest election authority has excluded two top opposition leaders from the final list of candidates for the West African nation’s presidential election next month.
EXPLAINER: Why Senegal protesters are clashing with police
Read full article: EXPLAINER: Why Senegal protesters are clashing with policeDeadly protests have erupted over the past week in the West African nation of Senegal, long considered a bastion of democracy and a regional leader on diplomacy issues. Anti-government protesters have set supermarkets ablaze and lobbed rocks at riot police in a rare display of violence on the streets of the capital, Dakar. Sonko's supporters say Senegalese President Macky Sall is trying to derail the opposition leader's political future. The protesters see Sonko's arrest as just one example of corruption in a government beset by greed. Sall went on national television late Monday, six days after the protesters first began demonstrating.