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Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko addressed supporters after being released on bail, calling for “much larger” but peaceful anti-government protests.
At least eight people have died in the unrest triggered by his arrest on rape charges.
President Macky Sall is appealing for calm.
Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports from Dakar, Senegal.
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99% of Senegal national income is tourism . Coronavirus really toast Senegalese .
So tell us why after more than a year of tourism crisis Senegal is not into recession? FYI the biggest sectors in Senegal are agriculture, fishing, mining, industry and services which is 58% tourism being part of services and note that the IT industry, the banking and finance industry, the movie industry are thriving, tourism represent less than 15% of the Senegalese economy, about 1.3 million foreign tourists visit Senegal every year. If you did a little google research you would get some information about this matter. Ignorance is OK as long as you are willing to learn.
what a fxcking Liar !
😂😂😂😂🤚 oh please, what a lie 🙄
@Isahak where is doing agriculture and Chinese boats are doing fishing .and what mineral Senegal is mining ?
@Ige Adubi gold, salt, industrial limestone, phosphate and a very small production of natural gas.
Anyway how did you come up with 99%
Wait.
So in a democratic election he lost. He was then accused of rape with enough evidence to warrant arrest.
But instead of accepting the actual democracy of the election, instead of letting the justice system take it’s course they come up with a conspiracy theory to discount the women who accused him and the democracy of the country. But following that conspiracy theory is somehow fighting for democracy?
I guess logic isn’t taught in Senegal schools?
@Second2none No one is saying that Macky Sall is free of corruption. No one is saying he’s a saint. You’d be hard pressed to find any politician that is.
What is being said is an allegation of rape has been made, and the allegation needs to be followed through the justice system.
That Macky Sall is a PoS doesn’t prevent Ousmane Sonko from being one also. It can absolutely be the case that they’re both awful human beings.
When you make arguments like yours, all you’re doing is discounting someone who claims they’ve been raped. Do you really want to be that person who denies a rape victim?
If it’s meritless and politically motivated and not a genuine claim, that’s something to fight vigorously in court not through violence in the street. Indeed, that he is moving for violence in the street and attempting to avoid facing his accuser in court only throws up the question, why? Innocent people don’t tend to operate like that.
@Bingimanal deAl What I said is actual logic. It’s 1+1=2.
Democracy means respecting the ballot and the justice system. Trying to get around either with violence because you don’t like the result is anything but democracy.
@TJ Marx Do you know what we are talking about here ? you said result, what result, the guy was arrested on his way to court. What is your logic.
@Bingimanal deAl Oh boy. Come on now, you’re not being honest right now.
He wasn’t arrested for rape on his way to court. He was arrested for failing to follow a police direction when police told him to go a different direction so he couldn’t incite violent protests and he refused because he wanted to incite violent protests.
That’s not politically motivated, police anywhere would do that because it’s literally their job.
Yes, when you lose an election that is a result.
Do YOU know what WE are talking about in this thread of MY original comment?
You’ve demonstrated you don’t understand logic nor are you interested in facts. Probably not going to continue replying to you
@TJ Marx I don’t need you to reply to me, I need you to use your brain. Where in the world not following police direction is insurrection. He is a politician and as such will try to score political point at any opportunity as have done the very individuals who are after him right now in the past.
And here we are talking about a pattern, I would love to hear your argument when you are accused of owning something and you have to prove it’s not yours, the first lady and the president uses fund at there disposal as political fund but the mayor cannot, how come.
Now the only word that comes out of my mouth is Alhamdou lilah a new air has started which is the consciousness , the revolution we love you 🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳
What happened to your ancestral religion why allow conquerors to dictate your beliefs?
Go freedom from the neocolonizers
Very happy for my sengal brothers Africa leader are our problems as a Nigerian I’m proud of you 👍
Thanks for your support
Senagal = france colony
Senegal. Still a French colony!
I can’t deny it until Macky SALL is out
We must end this !!!!
Only in the minds of the self centred, corrupt and power hungry few… as the evidence shows
Macky is the worst criminal!
Rip off Martyr 11peoples killed
A French puppet. Whatever he says is a lie, he works for the French Government
Down with Neo COLONIALIST Macky Sall
Where is akon with his light tell him cut the lights off lmao
Akon is a sellout
The French puppet must go not from Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 only but also Senegal 🇸🇳, Mali 🇲🇱, Niger 🇳🇪, Libya 🇱🇾, the Sahel, and even all of Africa
Ameen!!!
Sonko rek Inchallah 2024 he is the man that we trust and believe and feeling love with him 100% sonko is our future president inchallah 🇸🇳♥️♥️♥️✊✊✊✊✊
Don’t trust a rebel. He will turn his arms on you when you disagree with him. I’m not saying Macky is flawless but Sonko is not good for Senegal
We’ll not sorender will and fight countineslly against this devil’s society and there governments system until the end sonko 🇸🇳♥️♥️ rek Inchallah 2024 ✊✊✊✊✊
So after chaos and looting who will foot the bill and count losses? ordinary citizens, they think that man is the answer to their hardship? well history shows he is just a clown clad on differnt attire.
You’re being useless man. mind your business period.
IF YOU DENY YESHUA, HE WILL DENY YOU TOO. REPENT OF YOUR SINS AND TURN TO GOD BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE. SALVATION IS THROUGH YESHUA, THERE IS NO OTHER WAY. ONLY TRUE CHRISTIANS WILL BE SAVED. ALL OTHER RELIGIONS WILL BE DESTROYED. TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY!
True!!! Islam is not the way
The plotters MACKY SALL can lie the other Head of STATE and nations with his false communications campaign but not the Senegalese ❗
Politely kick France out and you will be on the path to freedom. Otherwise they will ensure another corrupted puppet get into the office. And so on…
Macky you think you are stubborn but With Sonko you will realise that all is truth We will do all our best to protect OUSMAN SONKO from you and your bosses france If you touch Sonko you will see it with your eyes..
This is what starts civil wars, this politicians never learn
Government killing children✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
One thing you see with ex french colonies. Poverty,even among the best of them
lady in louie vitton bag
Honestly Sonko is one the African futur leader
FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS… END CORRUPTION AND CRIMES; END COMMUNISM AND TERRORISM.
To save the human race The Chinese government , some UN staff members, who are part of the global humanitarian community, assassination coup Myanmar government are Satan’s families members.
The people of the world needs to fight together,let all be united.
He is a dictator
People want became free
Those wilting baseball bats are not police officers, they are criminals recruited by the government and they are getting paid 35$ a day.
Report facts AJ Senegal was calm until sonko and many other intellectual youths fighting for a better Senegal and Africa were arrested knowing if they were free there plot to eliminate sonko wouldn’t have reached this extent.
There was nor protest in Senegal before the arrest of sonko yet the lockdown was in place so it’s not logical to use the lockdown as a pretext to justify the frustration of the Senegalese youths. infact the main reason for the unrest was because of the injustice and the ruling government jailing everyone who speaks against him and trying to eliminate every opposition leader he came across this is the cause of the unrest and not lockdowns although lockdowns can also be harmful.
You said sall calls for calm and sonko urges protest that’s not true either when did sall call for calm after our youths have been horrifyingly shot to death in brought day light but he kept silent for almost two weeks while the youths were been killed some by armed intruders who are infact not service men, and the country on fire. The protest that sonko urges for is for the release of those unlawfully imprisoned human rights activists been kept in prison for nor reason whatsoever.
We know your manners of reporting so we’re not surprise at all macky is a French puppet while sonko is a freedom fighter another Thomas sankara on the rise so it wouldn’t be a surprise how you report about him because you’re all the same afraid of a free and progressive Africa. Report facts AJ one can’t be a boxer and expect not to have an opponent in the arena. Sall has already eliminated two opposition leaders since he came to power, and made it difficult for them to be candidates let alone run for elections. And now he want to do away with the remaining opposition leader all with dirty plots and false accusations from the beginning, well this time around the Senegalese people wouldn’t watch and let that happen.
Like it or not ,you Macky Sall will get out