A conviction for 'corrupting youth' may disqualify Sonko, President Macky Sall's fiercest opponent, from contesting next year's presidential election.The case has deeply divided Senegal, sparking sporadic but deadly violence that has battered the country's image of stability.
Classes were suspended until further notice.Elsewhere, young protestors attacked a transport ticket office and other public property, burning tyres and placing obstacles in the streets.Satire Mbaye, a presidential party official in the Dakar suburb of Keur Massar, said the party headquarters had been 'ransacked'.Trouble was reported elsewhere in the West African state — in Casamance in the south, Mbour and Kaolack in the west and St Louis in the north.
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