Ousmane Sonko, declared candidate for the 2024 presidential election and threatened with ineligibility, announced his upcoming return to Dakar at the head of a popular convoy. "If you are 2,000, let 1,500 join Dakar to continue the fight," he said.

The "caravan of freedom" promises to be a random exercise, tangent to the date of the verdict to be pronounced on June 1. The soap opera reached a new peak on Tuesday with a trial conducted at a snail's pace, an opportunity for an unpacking.