Senegal students hungry for change ahead of presidential vote
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00:00 An election postponed by the president, then called back on.
00:04 An opposition leader imprisoned, then released.
00:07 Senegal has had a turbulent start to the year,
00:10 leading to deadly clashes on the street.
00:13 The election will finally be held on the 24th of March
00:16 and outgoing president Macky Sall will not be running.
00:19 With the vote on the horizon,
00:21 some students dig deep to find hope for the future.
00:28 "We want to have a new system so that young people too
00:31 can continue doing what they were doing before.
00:33 If we take the example of emigration,
00:35 even if it existed before, it wasn't as widespread as it is now.
00:40 This system affects a lot of things,
00:42 which is why young people today no longer want to stay in this country."
00:46 In February, a student was killed in a protest
00:49 against Sall's postponement of the vote.
00:52 Clashes that for some have caused inescapable trauma.
00:56 "Some people, even when they start to close their eyes,
00:59 they start to see people continuing to shoot at them.
01:02 They can't even sleep.
01:04 There are these cases.
01:06 And they have to stay awake all night.
01:09 When they're alone, they can't stay alone."
01:12 Senegalese voters will choose between 19 candidates in the upcoming vote.