Khalifa Sall, Senegal’s jailed opposition leader and former mayor of the capital Dakar has vowed to run for president in February 2019.
Sall is serving a five-year jail term for embezzling 1.8 billion CFA francs ($3.24 million) and falsifying documents, charges he denies and is in the process of appealing.
It was unclear if Sall, once considered a rising political star and rival to President Macky Sall, would continue to run if his appeal fails and he remains in jail. The two men are not related.
