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Ousmane Sonko
prime minister of Senegal
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association with Faye
- In Bassirou Diomaye Faye
Faye met Ousmane Sonko, also a tax inspector, at work. Sonko had founded and at the time was leading a trade union, the Autonomous Union of Tax and Domain Agents, which Faye joined. In 2014 Sonko formed a political party, African Patriots of Senegal for Labor, Ethics…
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history of Senegal
- In Senegal: Independent Senegal
…leading opposition figures, such as Ousmane Sonko. Sonko, who had placed third in the 2019 presidential elections, had in the last few years faced legal charges, which he denied and which he and his supporters maintained were politically motivated. Verdicts were handed down in 2023 in two cases against him:…
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