Why are people taking to the streets in Senegal?
Today is Independence Day in Senegal, but not everybody is celebrating. \nThe day is being snubbed by the Yewwi Askan Wi opposition coalition.\nLast week, opposition supporters staged protests ahead of the trial of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko.\nOn Sunday, he was found guilty of libel against Tourism Minister Mame Mbaye Niang, who he had accused of embezzlement. Sonko was given a two year suspended jail term. \nBut he has accused the country's president of leading a "strategy of terror" to drive out political opponents.\nShortly after this episode was recorded, President Macky Sall told the nation he is open to dialogue in a televised speech ahead of the independence celebrations. \nSo, what\u2019s behind the political unrest in Senegal?