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Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko addresses journalists following his release from police custody in Dakar, Senegal, on March 8, 2021. Senegal’s top decision-making body has on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, published the final list of candidates for next month’s presidential election, excluding two of the West African nation’s top opposition leaders. Among the opposition candidates excluded are frontrunner Ousmane Sonko and Karim Wade, son of former Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui, File)

Two opposition leaders in Senegal are excluded from the final list of presidential candidates

By Babacar Dione - Associated Press

Senegal police stands in front of the Supreme Court in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, as the court is due to rule on whether opposition leader and presidential hopeful Ousmane Sonko can take part in the upcoming February election despite being struck from the country's voter rolls after his conviction on charges of corrupting youth earlier this year. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)

Senegal opposition party sponsoring new candidate Faye after court blocks jailed leader Sonko’s bid

By Babacar Dione - Associated Press

Migrants crowd a wooden boat as they are towed to the port in La Restinga on the Canary island of El Hierro on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. More than 32,000 migrants have landed in Spain's Canary Islands this year setting a new record for the number of irregular arrivals to the archipelago. Most migrants taking the dangerous Atlantic boat journey are leaving from Senegal. (Humberto Bilbao/Europa Press via AP)

Migration from Senegal surges as more than 32,000 people have landed in Spain’s Canary Islands

By Renata Brito - Associated Press

Arrested members of the Wazalendo sect are sat and lined up in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. More than 40 people died and dozens were injured in clashes in the Congolese city of Goma between protesters from the Wazalendo religious sect and the armed forces, national authorities said. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

The Congolese military is accused of a deadly crackdown on a religious sect, killing at least 43

By Zane Irwin - Associated Press

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko addresses journalists following his release from police custody in Dakar, Senegal, on March 8, 2021. Sonko has been charged with conspiracy against the state and calls for insurrections among other offenses, said the public prosecutor on Saturday, July 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui, File)

Senegal’s opposition leader Ousmane Sonko hospitalized a week into prison hunger strike

By Zane Irwin - Associated Press

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko addresses journalists following his release from police custody in Dakar, Senegal, on March 8, 2021. Sonko has been charged with conspiracy against the state and calls for insurrections among other offenses, said the public prosecutor on Saturday, July 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui, File)

Senegal dissolves opposition party, restricts internet ahead of next year’s presidential election

By Zane Irwin and Babacar Dione - Associated Press

Patches of grass mark the spot where, according to officials and witnesses, bodies of migrants from capsized boats attempting the dangerous trip from West Africa to Spain are buried in unmarked beach graves in Saint Louis, Senegal, Sunday, July 16, 2023. Bodies wash ashore or are found by fishermen at sea, then are buried by authorities. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Unmarked Senegal beach graves hold untold number of West African migrants, officials and locals say

By Sam Mednick and Renata Brito - Associated Press

People work together to pull, according to the locals, the capsized boat ashore at the beach where several people were found dead in Dakar, Senegal, Monday, July 24, 2023. The bodies were discovered by the navy early in the morning and are believed to be migrants because of the type of boat they were in according to the authorities. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

At least 17 bodies have been recovered after a migrant boat capsized off Senegal’s capital city

By Zane Irwin and Babacar Dione - Associated Press

A riot police officer shots tear gas at demonstrators during a protest at the Cheikh Anta Diop University campus in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, June 1, 2023. Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted Thursday of corrupting youth but acquitted on charges of raping a woman who worked at a massage parlor and making death threats against her. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Senegal opposition leader Sonko’s lawyer files a lawsuit in France and calls for an ICC inquiry

By Zane Irwin - Associated Press

A child stands by electoral posters in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on June 14, 2023. With mounting frustration due to an ailing economy, rising unemployment and looming deadly protests, Sierra Leoneans are heading to the polls on Saturday, June 24 2023, to select their next president. (AP Photo/TJ Bade)

Sierra Leone gears up for presidential election amid economic crisis, looming protests

By Kemo Cham and Sam Mednick - Associated Press

Seynabou Diop looks on as she holds her prayer beads after talking about her son, Khadim Ba, 21, who died during the protests earlier this month in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, June 15, 2023. "If I had known (he was going to protest), Khadim would never have taken part," said Diop. "I want (the government) to meet the expectations of young people, the government has an obligation to help (them)," she said. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Protesters in Senegal accuse police of using armed civilians to quell unrest

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press

Demonstrators gather on a street during clashes with police at a neighborhood in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, June 3, 2023. The clashes first broke out, later this week, after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted of corrupting youth and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Senegal’s president calls for an investigation into deadly clashes, says he’s open to dialogue

By Babacar Dione and Sam Mednick - Associated Press

A demonstrator throws a rock at police during a protest at a neighborhood in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, June 3, 2023. The clashes first broke out later this week after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted of corrupting youth and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Senegal violence threatens country’s stability as experts call on government to instill calm

By Sam Mednick and Babacar Dione - Associated Press

Police in riot gear stand guard during clashes with demonstrators in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, June 3, 2023. The clashes first broke out, later this week, after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted of corrupting youth and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Senegal’s government suspends mobile internet access amid days of deadly clashes

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press

A riot police officer shots tear gas at demonstrators during a protest at the Cheikh Anta Diop University campus in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, June 1, 2023. Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted Thursday of corrupting youth but acquitted on charges of raping a woman who worked at a massage parlor and making death threats against her. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Clashes in Senegal kill at least 9; government bans social media platforms and closes university

By Babacar Dione and Sam Mednick - Associated Press

A beach is illuminated by a car's headlights at dusk near Nouadhibou, Mauritania, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Adrift in the Atlantic, a boat of death and lost dreams

By Renata Brito and Felipe Dana - Associated Press

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivers a speech to the General Delegation for Rapid Entrepreneurship of Women and Youth in Dakar, Senegal, Friday Jan. 20, 2023. The Biden administration's big push to engage more with Africa is underway as Yellen begins a 10-day visit aimed at promoting all the economic possibilities that lie between the U.S. and the world's second-largest continent. (AP Photo/Stefan Kleinowitz)

In Senegal, Yellen talks about future of U.S.-Africa relations

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

A French officer speaks to a Senegalese French Colonial soldier who has joined the Allies in North Africa under Gen. Henri Giraub on Dec. 28, 1942. Some of the last survivors in France from a colonial-era infantry corps that recruited tens of thousands of African soldiers to fight in French wars around the world will be able to live out their final days with family members back in Africa after a French government U-turn on their pension rights. (AP Photo, File)

France’s African ex-soldiers win last battle - over pensions

By John Leicester - Associated Press

England's Harry Kane celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between England and Senegal, at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

England reaches World Cup quarterfinals, beats Senegal

By James Robson - Associated Press

England's Phil Foden waves towards the fans after scoring his side's second goal during the World Cup group B soccer match between England and Wales, at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

England bonds over cards ahead of Senegal World Cup clash

By James Robson - Associated Press