Senegalese Government Dissolves Opposition Party, Cuts Internet
Click to expand Image Gendarmes are deployed to calm protests after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been detained, in Dakar, Senegal, July 31, 2023. 2023 Ngouda Dione/Reuters On July 31, Senegal's interior minister announced the dissolution ofthe opposition party Patriotes africains du Senegal pour le travail, l'ethique et la fraternite (Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics, and Fraternity, or PASTEF) for rallying its supporters during violent protests in June this year and in March 2021. On the same day, the government also restricted access to mobile data internet services to st...
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