By Editorial
At least nine people were killed during clashes between riot police and protesters in Senegal after the opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, was given a two-year jail sentence.
The casualties were announced by Interior Minister Antoine Diome in a late-night news conference after a day of violence across the country.
Mr Diome said that social media, such as Facebook and WhatsApp, had been blocked.
Some of the worst clashes were in the southern city of Ziguinchor, where Sonko is the mayor. End.