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Senegal’s Ousmane Sonko given two-month suspended term for libel

Ousmane Sonko finished third in the 2013 presidential election [File: Seyllou/AFP]

A court in Senegal has handed down a two-month suspended prison sentence to leading opposition politician Ousmane Sonko for libel, his lawyers said.

The court in the capital, Dakar found him guilty on Thursday of defaming Tourism Minister Mame Mbaye Niang, whom he accused of embezzlement.

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