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Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko s ongoing legal woes prompted rare flare-ups of violence in Senegal, typically a bastion of stability in West Africa, and foreign allies urged a return to calm.
Last week, after judgement was passed on opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, all hell broke loose with 15 people reportedly dead, others wounded, over 100 public buses and private cars vandalised and burnt, shops, government institutions and supermarkets were also looted and vandalised.