Clashes have left 16 people dead since last Thursday when opposition figure Ousmane Sonko was sentenced to two years in prison. On Sunday, the Interior Ministry spoke of a "clear decline in hotbeds of tension and arrests" The government decided to "temporarily" cut off internet service to mobile phones and said it had cut off access to mobile internet services in certain areas due to deadly riots.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement issued on Sunday that it had treated 357 injured protesters, including a pregnant woman.