Students Clash With Senegal Police Over Financial Aid

Clashes erupted at Dakar’s Cheikh Anta Diop University as students demanding stipends and financial aid confronted police. Officers fired tear gas while students hurled stones and lit fires on campus. The unrest comes amid Senegal’s deepening fiscal crisis and growing frustration over delayed payments and rising economic pressures. Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, himself a graduate of the university, faces mounting criticism as negotiations with the IMF stall and public frustration grows.