Senegal Protests Leave Four Dead as State Blames ‘Insurrection’

Demonstrators barricade a road during a protest in Dakar, Senegal, on March 5.

Photographer: Seyllou/AFP/Getty Images

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Four people died in clashes between Senegalese police and protesters during what the interior minister described as an “organized insurrection” following the arrest of the country’s main opposition leader.