Ousmane Sonko and his second-in-command, presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye were released from prison 10 days before the country's election.
Leading Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko made his first public appearance in months in the capital Dakar after being released from prison a day earlier, AFP journalists saw.
Sonko emerged briefly from his car to greet hundreds of supporters gathered in front of a hotel where he was due to hold a press conference with his deputy Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who he has endorsed as a candidate for the March 24 presidential vote.
Ousmane Sonko and his second-in-command, presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye were released on Friday from prison 10 days before the country's election.
Their release follows weeks of crisis after President Macky Sall postponed the February 25 presidential vote.
It could also dramatically alter the presidential campaign, with Sonko's powerful rhetoric striking a chord with young voters.
The Constitutional Council had rescheduled the vote to March after authorities unsuccessfully attempted to postpone it from February to December and then to June, sparking unrest and international condemnation of the usually democratic West African country.
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