Senegal’s top opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted on Thursday for defamation and insults against the Minister of Tourism.
In addition to a two-month suspended sentence, Sonko will also have to pay about $330,000 to the Minister of Tourism Mame Mbaye Niang.
While Sonko’s lawyer claims there is a political agenda behind the court’s decision, El-hadji Diouf, lawyer of Senegal’s minister of tourism, Mame Mbaye Niang, was happy with the verdict.