DAKAR - Youths protesting a coronavirus curfew fought with security forces in the Senegalese capital Dakar overnight Wednesday, burning tyres and erecting barricades as police fired tear gas, an AFP photographer reported.
Together, they account for nearly 90 percent of Senegal's COVID-19 cases, according to health authorities. But the outbreak has put a strain on the poor country's healthcare system, and restrictions have had a hefty impact on the many people in precarious jobs."Lots of us work at night," said Jean-Paul Mendy, a delivery driver in the Parcelles Assainies district, who said he had to do his job after nightfall because traffic was easier."I have children and they're stopping me from working. Macky Sall's decision is nonsense -- it looks like he thinks he's king.