Senegal Prime Minister seeks to Repeal Contested Amnesty Law

Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said Friday that his government would submit legislation to repeal a law by former President Macky Sall granting amnesty for deadly political violence.

The controversial amnesty was granted just before March 2024 elections as Sall sought to calm protests sparked by his last-minute postponement of the vote in the traditionally stable West African country. Sonko's government pledged earlier this month to investigate dozens of deaths resulting from the political violence between 2021 and 2024.