A Senegalese court has sentenced three TikTok content creators to prison after finding them guilty of insulting President Bassirou Diomaye Faye in online videos. The harshest sentence — three months without suspension — was handed to Mandoumbe Diop, who has over 500,000 followers, while two fellow creators from the Feenal Digital platform each received two-month terms and fines of around $800. The case has drawn criticism from free-speech advocates and comes amid a widening political rift between President Faye and former Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, once close allies, with observers noting that the convicted influencers were associated with content seen as sympathetic to Sonko's PASTEF party.