Tensions in Dakar due to the return of the curfew
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Dakar, Senegal.
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Since Wednesday, January 6, Senegal has reinstalled a new curfew from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. in the regions of Dakar and Thiès.
On Wednesday January 6, riots broke out in several districts of the capital.
During a press conference attended by three members of the government, the Minister of the Interior explained on Thursday that he had restored order quickly.
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From our correspondent in Dakar
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Théa Ollivier
Mor Thiam, a student, still remembers the riots he observed the night before in the medina district, in the heart of Dakar: “
At 9 pm, we saw men come out in front of the police.
The police threw tear gas.
They were all in the streets of the Medina.
It's not easy to get home at 9 p.m.
But I think it's a health issue.
The state wants to protect us.
"
The day after these clashes, the Minister of the Interior Antoine Félix Diome assured during a press conference that the Senegalese of the regions of Dakar and Thiès observed the curfew.
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There were a few demonstrations, but order returned after the interventions of the police,
" he said.
Eyes tired, Ahmed Camara demonstrated until midnight the day before and ensures that it "
heated
" with the police.
Owner of a fast-food restaurant in the Medina district, he does not understand this measure taken by the authorities: “
We demonstrated because we are fed up with the curfew.
We are really fed up.
We work at night because we are the father of a family ”
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Ahmed Camara is determined not to respect the curfew for the next few days.
As of January 7, Senegal has 220 new cases of Covid-19, for a total of 20,376 cases declared positive, including 438 who have died since the start of the pandemic.
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