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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Police and protesters clash after senegal election postponed - The Untold Story

An opposition supporter kneels in front of a burning barricade during demonstrations called by the opposition parties in Dakar, Senegal [Seyllou/ AFP]

Police in Senegal cracked down on protests in the capital Dakar and at least one senior opposition figure was arrested a day after President Macky Sall announced the indefinite postponement of the presidential election scheduled for February 25.

The European Union on Sunday said the postponement opens a “period of uncertainty”, and the United States called for a swift new date for free polls.

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