Dakar, 15 February, 2024 / 8:50 pm (ACI Africa).
Members of the Young Christian Students of Senegal (JEC/S) are displeased with acts of violence that have resulted in the death of innocent citizens amid protests against the February 3 decision of President Macky Sall to postpone the presidential poll that had been scheduled to take place on February 25.
On February 10, clashes between security forces and protesters were recorded in Senegal's capital, Dakar, and other cities of the West African nation, leading to the death of two students, Reuters reported.
In a collective statement issued on Tuesday, February 13, JEC/S members express deep concern at the “current situation in our country, following the decision of the President of the Republic to postpone the date of the presidential election.”
They lament, “We are saddened by this visible climate of violence and tension, which has resulted in the loss of human life, particularly that of Alpha Yoro Tounkara, a student at Gaston Berger University, and Landing Diedhiou, a student at the Lycée Djignabo in Ziguinchor; young people in the prime of their lives, representing the future of this country.”
“As a Catholic action movement working in schools and universities, we strongly condemn these acts of violence and tragic deaths,” the Catholic students say.