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2024-02-12 Africa Subsaharan
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Election protests turn deadly in Senegal
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[AFRICANEWS] On Saturday (Feb. 10) at least two people were confirmed dead after protests were held across Senegal
... a nation of about 14 million on the west coast of Africa bordering Mauretania to the north, Mali to the east, and a pair of Guineas to the south, one of them Bissau. It is 90 percent Mohammedan and has more than 80 political parties. Its primary purpose seems to be absorbing refugees...
, Friday (Feb. 09).
Demonstrators were not allowed to gather, and groups were dispersed by security forces.
The victims confirmed so far, two men in their twenties, were killed in Saint-Louis and in Dakar according to local media reports.
The victim in Saint-Louis was a student. He was killed on a school campus following demonstrations in the northern city, according to a statement from the public prosecutor.
Anger has mounted since President Sall last week postponed presidential elections scheduled this month.
The delay came hours before official campaigning was due to begin.
Parliament backed a delay until December and voted to keep Sall in power until his successor takes office, which is unlikely to be before early 2025.
Sall's second term was due to end April 2nd.
The president said he postponed the vote because of a dispute between parliament and the Constitutional Council over aspiring candidates who were not allowed to stand.
In an interview Friday (Feb. 09), he said he wants to rapidly organize a national dialogue that will pave the way for a peaceful electoral process.
Opposition politicians have filed an appeal at the Constitutional court while presidential candidates appealed to the Supreme Court.
A new round of protests is planned for Tuesday (Feb. 13).
Senegalese in the diaspora have also taken to the streets. In La Belle France where a large community of Senegalese lives, crowds gathered Saturday (Feb. 10) in major cities including Gay Paree, Bordeaux (South west) and Nice (south).
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