DAKAR --- Police and protestors clashed in Senegal's capital Dakar on Friday, June 2, as unrest picked up again one day after a jail sentence for opposition politician Ousmane Sonko sparked some of the deadliest violence in the country in recent memory. Nine people were killed in clashes between police and Sonko supporters on Thursday after he was sentenced to two years for corrupting youth. The opposition says the verdict, which could prevent Sonko from running in elections next year, was politically motivated. Violence broke out again in Dakar's outskirts on Friday afternoon as police fired tear gas to disperse protestors burning tires on a main road. They threw rocks back be...
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