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Students and activists hold a banner during a demonstration demanding an end to police blunders and justice for the victims in Dakar on February 21, 2026. Abdoulaye Ba, a second-year medical student, died on February 9 on the campus of Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD) during a police operation. Students and pupils organizations, as well as activists, marched in Dakar on Saturday to "demand an end to police blunders and bring justice to the victims," following the death of a student during a police operation at a university in the capital in early February. Abdoulaye Ba, a second-year medical student, died on February 9 on the campus of Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD) during a police operation, after several days of demonstrations and clashes between police and students protesting a reform of scholarship payments and demanding the settlement of arrears. (Photo by PATRICK MEINHARDT / AFP via Getty Images)