Senegal faces tough questions after deadly violence

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 09, 2023 12:56 pm

DAKAR: Prized for decades as a tower of stability in turbulent West Africa, Senegal has been plunged into uncertainty after the deadliest episode in a two-year-old drama of political unrest.

Violence has pitched the security forces against young supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, a firebrand speaker who accuses President Macky Sall of plotting to install a 'dictatorship' at the apex of a corrupt elite.

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