Shock on Senegalese campus after student dies during police clashes

University students have been protesting against the thorny issue of stipend arrears for several years. Economic difficulties in the heavily indebted west African country weigh particularly heavy on the young. Those protests came to a head on Monday on the campus of Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD), a prestigious west African university with a student body in the tens of thousands. Videos posted to social media showed scenes of chaos, with security forces entering university grounds and firing...