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Protests Erupt In Senegal Capital Dakar Over COVID-19 Curfew

President Jacob Zuma and President Macky Sall attending the South Africa-Senegal Business Forum held today, 24 October 2017, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre following the Senegal State Visit to South Africa in Cape Town. South Africa and Senegal enjoy cordial bilateral political, economic and social relations underpinned by strong historical ties dating back to the years of the liberation struggle. 24/10/2017 PHOTO: Kopano Tlape GCIS

Youths protesting a coronavirus curfew clashed with security forces overnight in the Senegalese capital, burning tyres and erecting barricades as police fired tear gas in Dakar’s Ngor district, an AFP photographer reported.

Incidents were also reported in other parts of the capital overnight Wednesday.

President Macky Sall called a state of emergency on Wednesday as he imposed a curfew from 9 pm to 5 am in Dakar and one other region of the West African country. Dakar and the Thies region account for nearly 90 percent of Covid-19 infections, according to health authorities.

Sall’s cabinet justified the curfew by a surge in deaths and new infections including severe cases. The pandemic had abated in Senegal before a second wave struck.

As elsewhere in Africa, Senegal’s numbers are far from the levels reached in the West, with more than 20,000 cases and 433 deaths. But the outbreak has put a strain on the poor country’s healthcare system.

AFP

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