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Melissa Chemam with RFI

Political arrests, media restrictions a worry in lead up to Senegal elections

A demonstrator with the Senegalese flag on Place de la Nation in Dakar during a rally against a possible third term for President Macky Sall, on 12 May 2023. © RFI/Charlotte Idrac

In six months' time voters in Senegal will head to the polls to choose their next president. But observers say that government-imposed restrictions on social media, journalists and opposition parties are a sign that one of the strongest democracies in West Africa is in trouble.

Senegalese authorities have experts and rights groups worried by their recent arrests, infringements on press freedom, internet shutdowns and the repression of protests.

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