<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">The Senegalese government has <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>shut down internet connection in the country shortly after President Macky Sall postponed the presidential election indefinitely.</span></p>
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<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">According to reports, the <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>shutdown followed widespread protests which trailed the postponement of the election, earlier scheduled for February 25, 2024.</span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">The internet shutdown was announced on Sunday in a statement by Moussa Bocar Thiam, the Minister of Communication, Telecommunications and Digital Affairs, a day after the election was postponed.</span></p>
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<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">“The internet of data mobile phones is temporarily suspended from Sunday, February 4, 2024, at 10 p.m.,” Mr Thiam said, claiming the shutdown was “due to the dissemination of several hateful and subversive messages relayed on social networks in a context of threats of disturbances to public order”.</span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Meanwhile, the Committee to Protect Journalists, CPJ, has expressed concern over the internet shutdown in Senegal amid the postponement of the election, calling on the government to restore internet access.</span></p>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Also, the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, on Sunday urged the authorities in Senegal to urgently choose a new date for the country’s presidential election.</span></p>
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