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Senegal: Opposition coalition led by Ousmane Sonko launched ahead of local polls | Africanews

Ousmane Sonko, a member of the National Assembly, is still facing accusations of rape by an employee of a beauty salon in Dakar where he was getting a massage to relieve a backache. He refutes these accusations, which he attributes to a plot hatched by President Macky Sall.

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