Supporters of Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko threw rocks at riot police and set fire to busses on Thursday after a court sentenced him in absentia to two years in jail, casting serious doubt on his chances of running for president next year.
Sonko, 48, did not attend the hearing. But Justice Minister Ismaila Madior Fall said the opposition leader could now be taken to prison at any time and police had been stationed around his home in the capital Dakar on public safety grounds.
