2024-02-10 14:51:39
Demonstrations have shaken the country since the announcement of the postponement of the presidential election for several months. A student was already killed on Friday February 9 in Saint-Louis, Senegal.
The toll is growing. A 23-year-old young man, Modou Guèye, died following being shot in clashes during demonstrations on Friday February 9 in Dakar once morest the postponement of the presidential election, his spokesman told Agence France-Presse this Saturday February 10. brother who was with him at the time of the events, and his brother-in-law.
He received “a live bullet in the stomach” in Colobane, a district of Dakar, said Dame Guèye, 29 years old.
“He succumbed to his injuries this morning,” added Mbagnick Ndiaye, his brother-in-law. He is the second death of the mobilization in Senegal, following that of a student on Friday in Saint-Louis.
A deep crisis since the postponement of the presidential election
Senegal seems to be sinking into crisis this Saturday following the repression of demonstrations, having already left two dead, following the controversial postponement of the presidential election.
Demonstrations once morest this postponement and the power of President Macky Sall took place on Friday in Dakar as well as in several cities across the country, notably in Saint-Louis, in northern Senegal, where a second year geography license student, Alpha Yoro Tounkara was killed.
The opposition calls for a “constitutional coup”
This mobilization throughout Senegal is the first major protest since the postponement of the presidential election initially scheduled for February 25, which opened a serious political crisis in Senegal and plunged the country into a period of uncertainty.
The postponement of the presidential election for 10 months has sparked outrage widely shared on social networks. The opposition calls for a “constitutional coup”. She suspects a scheme to avoid the defeat of the candidate of the presidential camp, or even to keep President Sall at the head of the country for several more years.
Attempts to demonstrate since the announcement of the postponement have been repressed and dozens of people arrested.
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