What’s behind the protests in Senegal?

* After this episode was recorded, mobile internet was reinstated in Senegal, although access to some social media platforms may still be restricted.

Last week, protesters took to the streets in Senegal after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was sentenced to two years in prison. The sentence could rule him out of running for president in next year’s elections. At the same time, suggestions that President Macky Sall could run for a third term has also caused anger. There have been more demonstrations amid political tensions in previous weeks. So, what’s behind it all? Alan Kasujja speaks to one of Sonko’s supporters, a government minister who wants President Sall to run again and one of the president’s former closest allies…who is now one of his harshest critics.

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