Senegal opposition leader faces rape trial next month ...Middle East

DAKAR: Senegal's embattled opposition leader Ousmane Sonko will go on trial for alleged rape on May 16, his accuser's lawyer El Hadji Diouf said Saturday, confirming media reports.A firebrand speaker who came third in Senegal's presidential election in 2019, Sonko has enjoyed a rapid political rise thanks in part to his popularity with young people and has declared himself a candidate for the 2024 elections.He has had several brushes with the law, however, and was accused of rape by an employee of a beauty salon where he went for a massage.Sonko, a 48-year-old former tax inspector, has denied the charge and says he is the victim of a plot by President Macky Sall seeking to torpedo his 2024 c

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