Six people were killed Friday in clashes between police and supporters of opponent Ousmane Sonko, sentenced Thursday to two years in prison. Many public and private properties were ransacked, including banks and Auchan stores in the suburbs of Dakar.
Burnt tires and rocks littered the pavement of several streets Saturday morning. Several social networks, such as Facebook, WhatsApp or Twitter, are cut, a measure of the government to stop according to him "the dissemination of hateful and subversive messages"