Young Senegalese Descends Their Anger on the Government
Senegal protesters descends on the street
Young Senegalese Descends Their Anger on the Government
Young Senegalese have had enough. They’re angry about the impact the
pandemic has had on their pockets, but also at the way their president
has been running the country.
“There’s something that the youth are not happy about and the only
way they found to express it is by violence”, says the BBC’s Lalla Sy.
“And that means they feel that they’ve not been listened to.”
So, when Ousmane Sonko, an opposition leader popular among young people,
was temporarily arrested and charged with rape, their anger boiled over.
They said the charges against Mr Sonko were nothing more than a high-level
conspiracy to stop him from running in future elections.
But is there any evidence to back that up? And what do these
tensions tell us about Senegal today?
Young Senegalese have had enough. They’re angry about the
impact the pandemic has had on their pockets, but also at the
way their president has been running the country.
“There’s something that the youth are not happy about and the
only way they found to express it is by violence”, says the BBC’s Lalla Sy. “
And that means they feel that they’ve not been listened to.”
So, when Ousmane Sonko, an opposition leader popular among young
people, was temporarily arrested and charged with rape, their anger boiled over.
They said the charges against Mr Sonko were nothing more than a high-level
conspiracy to stop him from running in future elections.
But is there any evidence to back that up? And what do these
tensions tell us about Senegal today?
READ ALSO:
