Ousmane Sonko, a prominent opposition figure in Senegal, is facing multiple criminal charges and the dissolution of his party ahead of the Presidential elections in February 2024. Sonko, a fierce critic of President Macky Sall, has claimed that these legal troubles are an attempt to keep him out of politics. He has been charged with calling for insurrection, undermining state security, criminal association with a terrorist body, and other crimes. Sonko's party, PASTEF, has been dissolved, and the arrests of party members have weakened the organization. Sonko's presidential ambitions are now in jeopardy, and his supporters may need to consider alternative candidates.

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