Senegalese opponent Ousmane Sonko left this Friday, May 26, the city of Ziguinchor to rally the capital, Dakar, 500 km away. Sonko denounces an "instrumentalization of justice" to exclude him from the presidential election.

"Either Macky Sall retreats, or we will face him," he said. The government spokesman warned yesterday: "whatever the cost, public order will be maintained" "Our freedom will definitely be won in nine months," he says.