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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Zane Irwin

Senegalese opposition leader in intensive care nearly three weeks into hunger strike

Sylvain Cherkaoui

Jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was put in intensive care Thursday, nearly three weeks into a hunger strike to protest criminal charges brought against him by Senegal's government, his party said.

Sonko was put in detention July 31 in advance of a trial in which he faces charges of calling for insurrection, conspiracy against the state and other alleged crimes.

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