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Virginia Pietromarchi

‘We want Sonko’: Senegal opposition boosted after leaders freed before vote

Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and his presidential pick Bassirou Diomaye Faye were released late on Thursday [File: Guy Peterson/AFP]

Celebrations broke out among Senegal’s opposition supporters after two of their top leaders were freed from jail 10 days before the country’s delayed presidential election.

Firebrand politician Ousmane Sonko and his close aide Bassirou Diomaye Faye were released late on Thursday in a move that could boost the opposition’s chance to win in the March 24 election and replace outgoing President Macky Sall.

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