In September 2024, Ousmane Sonko blew the lid off a ‘hidden debt’ now estimated at $13.3bn – 10 times the figure in Mozambique’s Tuna Bonds scandal. For years there had been signs that Senegal’s ...

Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko spoke for hours in parliament on Friday, laying out the new government's plans barely a month after the decisive parliamentary election victory cementing the ...

Ousmane Sonko, Senegal's top opposition leader, was released from prison ahead of the March 24 election but has been barred from running. Sonko's release energized supporters, with thousands ...

Senegal's finances have been thrown into crisis with the discovery last year of billions of dollars in debt hidden under the ...

Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko criticized the recent coup in Guinea-Bissau, labeling it a sham and advocating for ...

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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The party of jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko said Sunday it was sponsoring another candidate for the February presidential election, just days after Senegal‘s Supreme ...

Prime minister Ousmane Sonko of Senegal presides over the opening ceremony of the first edition of the west African festival ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s popular opposition figure Ousmane Sonko was named as the prime minister in the new government on Tuesday, hours after his key ally was sworn in as president. Sonko, 49, ...

(Bloomberg) -- Ousmane Sonko appealed a decision by Senegal’s Constitutional Council to disqualify him from next month’s presidential election, his lawyer said. Sonko, a frontrunner for the opposition ...

Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted Thursday of corrupting youth but acquitted on charges of raping a woman who worked at a massage parlor and making death threats against her. The ...

Those listed include Prime Minister Amadou Ba, chosen by President Macky Sall as his successor after Sall announced in July that he would not seek a third term. Also named were former prime ministers ...