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'Catastrophic': Senegalese students decry prolonged university closure / 34E98B4
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"Eight months without classes is catastrophic" says Fallou Gueye, a law student at Dakar's Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD), which has been closed since violent demonstrations in June 2023 following the conviction of political opposition figure Ousmane Sonko. "The State of Senegal wants to sacrifice, for political reasons, the future of 80,000 students. It's scandalous," says Gueye, who is now a street vendor selling pants. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES