Two Senegal opposition figures now able to run for president

Parliament in Senegal has restored the right of two opposition figures to stand in next year's presidential election.

It voted to allow people who've been convicted but then pardoned or amnestied to run for public office.

That clears the way for Khalifa Sall and Karim Wade, who were prevented from standing in 2019.

Senegal's most prominent opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, is facing criminal charges that would stop him from running to replace President Macky Sall, who cannot stand for a third term.