Status quo in Senegal after the explosion of violence that shook the country last Thursday and Friday. In this context of latent tension, the presence of "thugs" – henchmen – alongside the forces of law and order raises questions.
Dozens of vehicles, including unregistered white pick-up trucks, have been parked since Sunday in front of the headquarters of the Alliance for the Republic (APR), the presidential party. Young people leave the building before rushing into the cars. "They arrive, they will pass in front. of the police to arrest people and they are armed," describes Maître Moussa Diop.