Prosecutors in Senegal on Wednesday asked judges overseeing a trial against opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to find him guilty on rape charges and sentence him to 10 years in prison.
Sonko, who is particularly popular among younger voters, says the charges are a ploy to stop him from running for the presidency next year.
What is the case about?
The prosecution claims the 48-year-old politician sexually assaulted and made death threats against a woman who worked in a massage parlor in…