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Senegal appeals court hands harsher sentence to opposition leader Sonko

FILE PHOTO: Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko speaks during a news conference in Dakar, Senegal March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Cooper Inveen

A Senegal court of appeal on Monday handed a six-month suspended sentence to leading opposition politician and presidential aspirant Ousmane Sonko, after an appeal for a heavier sentence, said Boubacar Cissé, a lawyer involved in the case.

In March, Sonko received a two-month suspended prison sentence for libel in the case involving the tourism minister, whom Cissé represents.

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