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Protesters build barricades in the Senegalese capital Dakar as opposition party supporters and police clashed after President Macky Sall's announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election set for February 25. Saturday's postponement, which came just a day before official campaigning was due to begin, set off a wave of international concern. IMAGES
Peruvians march in Lima calling for President Dina Boluarte's resignation as she is expected to give her government report to the Congress. IMAGES
Police and protesters clash violently in the northern Argentine province of Jujuy during a demonstration against a reform to the local constitution that criminalises some forms of protest. There are no official figures for the number of wounded and detainees. IMAGES
French protesters set dumpsters on fire during a march in Paris after the government rammed its plan to overhaul the retirement pension system through Parliament without a vote. IMAGES
Several dozen demonstrators try to get on the stage where President Cyril Ramaphosa was to make his annual speech on the state of the country, they are intercepted by the security forces present there. Before that, the demonstrators disrupted the ceremony and asked for the resignation of the South African president, as well as the end of power cuts in the country. This comes amid an acute electricity crisis, which has left 60 million South Africans without electricity for hours a day. IMAGES