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Jailed Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko files to run for president

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko says he wants to enter the race to become the country's president. AP - Sylvain Cherkaoui

Jailed Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has submitted his candidacy to contest a February presidential election with the constitutional council despite the state's refusal to provide him the necessary documents.

Sonko's back-up Bassirou Diomaye Faye has also filed to run, according to Ousseynou Ly, an official in their dissolved party Pastef.

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