Sonko, Senegal Politics Opposition Figure, Resumes Hunger Strike | NC Now | 19/2023
Imprisoned Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko says he has resumed a hunger strike he called off last month ahead of elections next year.
He said he resumed the hunger strike on Tuesday to show "solidarity" with other activists "unjustly arrested for expressing their political opinions.
Sonko has accused President Macky Sall of attempting to prevent him from running in the 2024 presidential elections, charges Sall, who was elected in 2012 and will not run in the elections, denies.
He was jailed in July on charges including fomenting insurrection, criminal association in connection with a terrorist enterprise and undermining state security over incidents dating back to 2021.
Anchor: Dashen Usman
Guest: Guest: Galissa Boully, General Secretary of Pastef - West Coast, USA
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