a third person injured in Friday’s protests succumbed to their injuries

The protest movement is not weakening in Senegal, in turmoil since the surprise postponement of the presidential election.

The number of people killed since the start of the crisis linked to the postponement of the presidential election in Senegal rises to three. A 19-year-old young man died on Saturday as a result of his injuries received the day before during a demonstration in Ziguinchor, in the south of the country, hospital and political sources told AFP on Sunday February 11. The protester “received a projectile on the head and died of his injuries in the intensive care unit last night”said a hospital official on condition of anonymity.

“There were several seriously injured during the demonstrations and one died. He was shot in the head”said for his part the coordinator of the opposition Pastef party in Ziguinchor, Abdou Sané.

The protest movement is not weakening in Senegal, in turmoil since the surprise postponement of the presidential election. A new demonstration launched by a civil society collective, Aar Sunu Election (“Let’s protect our election”) is also planned for Tuesday.

An investigation opened into the death of a student in Saint-Louis

An investigation was opened after the death of a geography student in Saint-Louis on Friday, in circumstances that have not yet been clarified. The next day, a street vendor succumbed to his injuries in Dakar, victim according to his relatives of a police shooting during Friday’s demonstrations.

President Macky Sall took everyone by surprise by postponing the elections three weeks before the vote, a decision ratified by the National Assembly which voted to postpone the electoral deadline until December 15, after having expelled by force the opposition MPs.

The Assembly also voted to maintain Mr. Sall in power until his successor takes office, probably in early 2025. His second term officially expired on April 2.