Senegal university student dies after protest clashes with police

DAKAR: A student died after clashes erupted between police and students protesting delays in grant payments at a Senegal university, the west African country’s government said on Tuesday.
The unrest broke out at Cheikh Anta Diop University in the capital Dakar on Monday, according to a statement by a government spokeswoman, who said a second-year medical student, Abdoulaye Ba, died as a result.
Protests have sporadically broken out at several Senegalese universities over the past months, with students demanding they be paid their stipends.
Government spokeswoman Marie-Rose Khady Fatou Faye said only that “serious events” had led to Ba’s death, without providing further detail.
She added that the government would ensure the circumstances surrounding the death are fully investigated and those responsible held accountable.
The government offered its “deepest condolences to his family, loved ones and the entire university community”.