Senegal: Violence continues after the election was postponed until December

 The protests are reported to have spread throughout the country as the first killings were reported. A student died in a clash with police on Friday in the northern city of Saint-Louis, an opposition leader and a local hospital source said. In the capital Dakar, security forces fired tear gas and grenades to disperse the crowd. Opposition leader Khalifa Sall, who is not related to the president, previously called the delay to the election a "constitutional coup". The death of the student in Saint-Louis was reported by Khalifa Sall in a post on social media. The opposition in Senegal has strongly condemned the parliament's decision to postpone the presidential election for 10 months and called the decision a "constitutional coup." President Macky Sall of Senegal whose second term of office ends in April this year (2024) The majority of parliamentarians of the ruling party passed the motion to postpone the presidential election until December 15 after a fierce debate and tension and pushing each other in the Parliament last Monday until the police had to invade the session of the Parliament and remove some of the opposition MPs. Finally, with almost one voice, the parliamentarians approved the changes that allow President Macky Sall, whose second term is expected to end in early April, to remain in power until his successor is sworn in, probably in early 2025. Analysts say, the decision could plunge the West African nation into the worst political crisis that has not been seen in decades.