DAKAR, Senegal - Tensions remained high in Senegal on Saturday after clashes brought the death toll to 15 since a court convicted opposition leader Ousmane Sonko.
Sonko, a 48-year-old former tax inspector, was initially charged with rape but was on Thursday convicted on a lesser charge of morally "corrupting" a young woman and sentenced to two years in prison. Sharp-tongued and charismatic, Sonko has drawn a strong following among Senegal's youth, who love his barbs against a political elite he refers to as the "state mafia".
Supporters of President Macky Sall, however, see him as a rabble-rouser who has poisoned political discourse and sown instability."I am really scared because we don't know how this will all end," said 46-year-old Fatou Ba, a businesswoman in the Dalifort neighbourhood of Dakar.Another Dalifort resident, Matar Thione, 32, said he felt unsafe in his own country.
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