A student died during protests over unpaid financial aid at Senegals top university in Dakar, the government said late on Monday, as weeks of unrest over delayed stipends escalated into clashes with security forces.
Footage verified by Reuters showed flames and smoke engulfing the top floor of a four-story campus building, as students scrambled to escape out of windows, with some falling to the ground.
The government said the circumstances of the death of Abdoulaye Ba, a second-year dental surgery student at Cheikh Anta Diop University, remain under investigation.
