Senegal leader Macky Sall under pressure as protests intensify
Ecowas calls on the government to show restraint after five die in protests
07 March 2021 - 22:57
Dakar — Antigovernment activists in Senegal called for nationwide protests from Monday as the death toll rose to five from the most violent demonstrations in years that were triggered by the arrest of the country’s main opposition leader.
The opposition in a statement called on the Senegalese people “to pursue its mobilisation and peaceful struggle by using all of its constitutional rights to reject the dictatorship of Macky Sall”, the country’s president...
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