Senegal police, protesters clash after election postponed

An opposition supporter reacts in front of a burning barricade during demonstrations called by the opposition parties in Dakar on Feb 4, 2024. [AFP]

Opposition party supporters and police clashed in the Senegalese capital Dakar on Sunday after President Macky Sall announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election set for February 25, sparking a wave of international concern.

Just a day before official campaigning was due to begin, Sall plunged the nation into the unknown, saying he intervened because of a dispute between the National Assembly and the Constitutional Court over the rejection of candidates.