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The much-anticipated trial of Senegal’s main opposition leader ended Tuesday night with a verdict expected next week, the court said Wednesday. Ousmane Sonko is being tried for rape and death threats and could face up to 10 years in prison. If found guilty, Sonko will be barred from running in next year’s presidential election. The 20-hour trial included testimony from …

A member of the Belarusian opposition movement urged the European Union on Monday to maintain sanctions against the Belarusian state fertilizer producer, warning that lifting them would result in a $1.5 billion windfall for Alexander Lukashenko’s regime for supporting Russia’s war on Ukraine. Pavel Latushka, a former Belarusian minister of culture who is now in exile in Poland, said he …