By AFP More by this AuthorDakarVillagers in southern Senegal clashed with gendarmes during protests Saturday over the lack of running water, the local gendarmerie and the media reported. During the clashes, which took place at Cap Skirring in the Casamance region, the gendarmes used tear gas to disperse the crowd, their spokesman said. According to media reports citing witnesses, the gendarmes fired live rounds at the protesters, wounding some of them. The villagers ignored a ban on the demonstration issued a day earlier, which led the gendarmes to intervene, their spokesman said. AdvertisementThe protests were against a long-running problem locally of a lack of running water.

Source: Daily Nation May 31, 2020 05:53 UTC