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Senegal university student dies after protest clashes with police

Students carry their belonging as they leave the Cheikh Anta Diop University on February 10, 2026. [AFP]

A medical student has died after clashes erupted between police and students protesting delays in grant payments at a major university in Senegal, the government said on Tuesday.

The death comes amid a difficult economic climate in the heavily indebted west African country, where students have protested the thorny issue of stipend arrears for several years.

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