President Macky Sall addressed the nation this Monday evening following days of violent unrest triggered by the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko in a morality case. The president called for calm, stressing the need to ‘avoid confrontation logic,’ while announcing measures to ease the curfew from midnight to 5 a.m. to support economic recovery. Justice Minister Malick Sall also addressed current tensions in an interview with Meriem Amellal.