At least nine people are dead as violent protest erupt in the West African country of Senegal after the country’s opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, was handed a two-year jail sentence. NBC News’ Ali Arouzi reports.
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#NBCNews #Senegal #Protest
Please don’t lie ta 0:17 its not « a protester firing gun » its just a police officer in plain clothe
Well reported! For a long time we couldn’t reach the international media therefore having a true version of the events. The population is fed up of Macky Sall who is constantly manipulating the justice. Today to say Sonko is manipulating the youth is an insult to the intelligence of the Senegalese population. Sonko has youth,adults and old people by his side all seeking for a true independence of the country.
This could be what’s in store for U.S. if MAGA goes off when Trump gets hauled off.
Je suis chinois et je suis au Sénégal, j’espère que vous pourrez résoudre le problème pacifiquement. J’espère que cela se terminera bientôt. Sinon, ce seront toujours des civils qui seront blessés.
On viendra pour vs apres
Rentres en Chine et y- a- t- il de democratie chez vous en Chine? Quand le parti communiste et ses membres font du n’ importe quoi contre la population chinoise. Et le Tie- Nam- Men Square alors? Et puis la- bas chez vous vous maltraitez les africains qui vivent la- bas et surtout les noirs africains.
And people whine about police brutality in the US
Your cynical attitude toward grotesque violence is a testament that you need help.
It’s definitely motivated macky Sall and his government is so corrupt y’all don’t have any idea
There is no difference who is President, they all take turn to corrupted!!
Well, it’s Senegal, soooooo…
Thank you very much NBC TO bring this up
This is what they should of done during the “Summer of love”
Those crazy pride marchers
Sounds like some Democrats politicians in American calling for citizens to unpeaceful protest in 2020. And look at where those cities are now. Funny how it speads to other countries like wild fire.
It’s a shame! I just wanna surrender my citizenship!
Sounds like Canada
boycott TARGET and KHOLS 😮😮😮😮 They after your kids
Wrong video
@thequaalude1092 no …i dont care about Senegal…i care about BOYCOTTS got WOKE COMPANIES 👍🇺🇸
Vive sonko ❤️ 🇸🇳 ❤️ 🇸🇳
This is the dream for the United States of America from the GOP
They silenced them
😊Africa is Africa Antarctica better than Africa okay no police no government no peace 😢
Shut up 🤡
No one is above the law
facts
Le colonialism a commencé à Dakar et finira à Dakar!!!
Nine dead, Black Lives Matter where are you? Surely you’re concerned about black lives outside the United States, or don’t they matter??
And they’re are still killing us. It’s 26 kids that got killed for the past 48 hours. Please come help us😢😢😢
tell your brothers to stay home though! why going out to the street facing the law forces .
@Africamazing you have no clue
@Africamazing they stay home while their freedome is threatened.
?
President dictator, killing his own people 😢
People are protesting in Senegal 9 got killed too bad. We just had criminals only in Chicago that killed 13 people and over fifty injured and who knows how many people do not report the crime. Only in Chicago and we have many other cities in the USA. We may be safer in Senegal.
NBC and Fauci killed way more than that and per hour
Nbc why don’t report on Ethiopia where ethnic Amharas are suffering by the hands of Abiy Ahmed, the modern day fascist.
This country has terroist and cartel members flooding into this country and they air this 😅
Media rubbish
Live pan Africa
Ousmane Sonko is based. Globalists are trying to silence him.
These crooks stay in office for like and get rich . The peasants population lives in poverty infinitely
Senegal is no more a democratic country. Macky Sall put all his serious political openents in jail. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Could you imagine the president of the United state running for a third consecutive term and knowing that the constitution would not allow it while treating whoever interferes….
Well that the situation in Senegal
Stupid ,selfish African leaders. Messing up everything
i could not imagine that in USA but in Africa it is normal situation
@BHAISON well not with this generation Z….
@BHAISONNo it’s not
Who do we Side With?
Biden must want him out of office.. America is always involved in this kind of shady crap.😊
The president Sale want to destroy the democracy in Senegal
Hmm. Yeah, this has deeper roots.
just another peaceful protest.
Wait till Lindsey Graham declaring war against Senegal next week!
My beautiful country 💔 Macky Sall has betrayed his people. His thirst for power, greed and lack of compassion for the hardworking yet poor people in Senegal have made him unfit for his position . He should resign immediately.
then why would you put someone like that in office in the first place, i also blame my country for voting in trump
@redred222 it’s unfortunate but with politicians, you can never tell their true intentions before elections. Trump showed his true colors while running for president and some people chose to vote for him knowing who he is.
For Macky Sall (Senegalese President) he played the « I know your struggle and will act on it» card and manipulated the population pretty well. That is how he got elected. In the 11years he has been president, the economic situation in Senegal got worst. He built new infrastructures worth $1billion with $5billion debt: distributing the remaining balance to his family and some of his people. He has been framing potential opponents and throwing them in jail since 2017.
Now, he bluntly said in a televised meeting that if we want him to give us peace and not run for a third time, we have to beg him because he decides not us.
You’re so wrong, Trump is the best president ever, Biden is the worst, you can compare sonko and trump they’re all here for the countries’ good.
All we see is mockery not democracy
It’s up to 23 from Thursday to Saturday. #FREESENEGAL #MACKYSALLDICTATOR
Soncko❤❤❤❤
Why not peacefully protest? You’re terrorizing your own country just be seen on US media #desperate 😂
akon will save the country
This is actually Pedodent biden’s fraudulent administrations fault also… our world is crumbling thanks to our rigged elections. Sad.
This is what American needs to do to the current administration all of them are corrupt and criminal s and need to be stopped now we are no longer a country
No one saw the police with a gun.
Sonko is behind this violence
Real 100% Black skinned people don’t have a Only Black Lives Matter for profit movement.
What is really happening is that the regime in place kills the population and the opponents who dare to challenge the government and use corrupt justice to eliminate political opponents such as Mr SONKO. That’s Macky Sall’s regime: ruled by force and violence! This time it won’t happen.
US no longer investing in Africa n Haiti they said we dontbwant their money n kind here they only add more problems whelp here u go 😂
America would’ve turned this into a civil war to make money…
America should do the same with Antifa terrorists. And BLM terrorists.
Pig soros?
This never would have happened if trump wasnt elected. You know who to vote for in 2024. #transpride
If the people are that mad to go to the street , the police are just making them more angry and will pay with their lives once the protesters arm themselves with live ammunition
Free Sonko 🇸🇳💪🏿❤️
Sonko rekkkkk ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Why are they trying to disrupt the continent again ? AFRIKA DOES NOT NEED THIS IMAGE ANYMORE, this barbaric actions needs to stop , why can’t the people come to the table and discuss what is wrongly planned and going on and fix it 😢
💵 💴 💵 💵 💰
Only 9?
Senegal needs to step up its game. Thats amount of murders is just like an average, everyday Chicago cookout.
Before you know it, this will be happening here. I have no doubt.
A fair investigation first
For this new that we trust and respect
The girl was more than 21 years old
They blocked social media so we can’t show the truth to international media
The president Macky Sall is killing his own population 😡😡😡😡😡
“Protestors firing guns and police launching tear gas into crowds”… please check your facts!
Looks like a mostly peaceful protest.
How did he corrupted the youth?
Good question😂
Ousmane Sonko ❤❤❤❤❤❤ we stand behind Sonko
Macky iblis sall is Senegal’s worst nightmare. He and his murderous government must be stopped and put to trial, they deserve the death sentence. President Ousman Sonko is our leader
NBC news, the protesters are not the ones firing guns, it’s the “Nervis” hired by the government.
Yes thank you 👉💪🇸🇳
We shall never forgive our greedy leaders. We are losing our pride as African because the only thing we has is taking away from us that’s peace and hospitality. We are left with nothing just because of our greedy leaders. Allah is watching on you. #FreeSenegalFreeSonkoAndFreeAfrican#
You western bot…
When Macky Sall was running for President in 2011, he played the « I know your struggle and will act on it» card and manipulated the population pretty well. He said he will be the one saving us from the line of past corrupted Presidents. That is how he got elected. However, in the past 11years, he proved himself to be worst than any other President we’ve ever had. The economic situation in Senegal got worst. He built new infrastructures which are appealing to the eye, but they are worth $1billion and built with a $5billion debt: distributing the remaining balance to his family and some of his people. He has been framing potential opponents and throwing them in jail since 2017 in fear of possible investigations for the tremendous debt taken for such small projects.
Now, he bluntly said in a televised meeting that if we want him to give us peace and not run for a third time, we have to beg him because he decides not us.
I had no idea the Africa had their own version of trump
Fake news. This is Chicago.
That lie he isn’t not crupting any youth is big lie they don’t want hem to go for election
I hope that African countries will one day be free, big up Africa never give up (Senegal thia kanam)
Vive sonko
To the international community.
Depuis le premier juin, après un verdict injuste émis pour éliminer le principal opposant au président Macky Sall, le Sénégal l est en train de vivre l’un des temps les plus sombres de son existence.
En 48 heures 23 jeunes sénégalais sont tués par les forces de l’ordre, des commerces sont détruits, la plus grande université du pays saccagée, des étudiants pris en otage par les forces de l’ordre dans les différentes universités, les policiers prennes des mineurs qu’ils mettent en bouclier contre les manifestants, la connexion internet est coupée, pour se connecter on se sert de VPN.
Le pire dans cette situation c’est le mutisme du président Macky Sall qui fait comme si rien ne se passe dans le pays et ses ministres qui soutiennent sur les plateaux de télé que le pays est stable.
English
Since June 1st, after an uniust verdict issued to
eliminate the main opponent of President Macky
Sall, Senegalt- is living one of the darkest times of its existence.
In 48 hours 23 young Senegalese were killed by
the security forces, businesses were destroyed,
the largest university in the country ransacked,
students taken hostage by the security forces in
the various universities, the police took minors
that they put in shield against the demonstrators, the Internet connection is cut, to connect we use
VPN.
The worst part of this situation is the silence of
President Macky Sall who acts as if nothing is happening in the country and his ministers who argue on TV sets that the country is stable.
This whole situation between Macky and sonko must stop because people are dying on top of that lot of things has been destroyed so Macky enough is enough
16 youngs boys and girls in 2 days
Undereducated, jobless young Senegalese rioting, destroying the little progress Senegal has achieved. (Not realizing they’re being manipulated so that foreign companies can get better deals on their enormous reserves of oil and gas).
Burning down your top university’s library, and your political opponent’s homes whilst their kids and spouses are there tells the whole story.
Sénégal have a bad government
Africans we are one stop fighting brothers and sisters 🙏🙏🇺🇬
et à cause de macky sall voilà le senegal à la une de toutes les chaînes tv du monde
Protesters are not firing guns. Those civilians with guns are government’s militia. Protesters are fighting with stones and cocktail Molotov
I play saxophone 🎷 guitar 🎸 bass and keyboard thanks
https://youtu.be/6CrJNJiY18k
Sonko Sonko Sonko Sonko Sonko Sonko for ever ♥️ ❤️
thx
Vive président sonko❤
NBC news you do not know the whole truth.
Viv sonko
English.
Ousmane Sonko will be a futur président of Sénégal.
Frensh
Ousmane Sonko sera le Future président du Sénégal.
🇸🇳✊
MACKY Sall is just a dictator who is manipulating the justice to run for a third term by the way he wants to eliminate SONKO as he do it with Karim wade and khalifa Sall but we are committed to fight for our freedom of choosing the next president of the Senegalese republic and we’re fighting for democracy. Freesenegal. Freesonko