Senegal in Turmoil as Opposition Leader's Rape Trial Adjourned.

The trial of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko for alleged rape has been adjourned for a week after opening in his absence at a court in Dakar. Sonko, who denies the charges, accuses President Macky Sall of trying to prevent him from running in elections next year. Protests erupted in Ziguinchor and the Dakar area on Monday, on the eve of Sonko’s scheduled court appearance. The legal drama embroiling Sonko has spurred more than two years of tensions and sporadic unrest in Senegal as supporters have heeded calls for protests that often spiral into violent clashes with security forces.