<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">The Senegalese government has&nbsp;<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>shut down internet connection in the country shortly after President Macky Sall postponed the presidential election indefinitely.</span></p> <p class="p2" style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="p1" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">According to reports, the&nbsp;<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</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> <p class="p2" style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="p1" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">&ldquo;The internet of data mobile phones is temporarily suspended from Sunday, February 4, 2024, at 10 p.m.,&rdquo; Mr Thiam said, claiming the shutdown was &ldquo;due to the dissemination of several hateful and subversive messages relayed on social networks in a context of threats of disturbances to public order&rdquo;.</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&rsquo;s presidential election.</span></p> <p class="p2" style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="p1" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Daily Post</span></p>