Senegal opposition supporters celebrated in the streets after their leaders were freed.
Ousmane Sonko was released from jail late Thursday ahead of the country’s presidential contest, his lawyer said.
Sonko had fought a long legal battle to contest the election, which is scheduled for March 24, but was ultimately barred from running.
Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who was also released from prison along with Sonko, was instead named as the opposition’s election candidate.
Ousmane Sonko, who had long been seen as the main opponent of President Macky Sall, was sentenced to two years in prison last summer after a court found him guilty for “corrupting youth.”
His sentencing triggered deadly clashes in Senegal, with supporters, often young people, taking to the streets across the country and facing off with security officers.
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