macky sall's government denies this and says senegal is facing an insurrection.t's promised to use all measures necessary to restore stability. nicholas hawk was at some of those protests on thursday and has this report from dakar. reporter: we're inside dakar university. and look at it now. there's sheer destruction everywhere across this university, but also across the country. banks have been looted, supermarkets have been destroyed, and the army has been called out here. inside the university, where there was heavy protest yesterday, students burnt down the faculty of law. now that's more than a symbol, they say they don't trust the justice system of this country, following the verdict of ousmane sonko, and they say they'll continue to fight until he's illegible to run in the upcoming presidential elections, and that's why you have so much violence at the moment. that's what's at stake, it's these elections that are still nine months away. so, why now? well, one of the reasons there's so much tension is the intentions of president macky sall, will he or will

some people say that macky sall is absolutely determined to run again, whatever happens, despite promisinghen he was first elected -- in fact, when he was running for election, that he would only serve two terms, but other analysts suggest that what he's really worried about is sonko in particular, and if he is out of the race, macky sall might be willing to step down because a more conventional figure within be the potential successor on the government side because macky sall has not said what he is doing, although there are people who can be successor candidates. they have not been at there positioning themselves, if you like, as potential contenders. whereas on the opposition side, you have sonko, who is very much not really a conventional politician. he is a former financial official who left public service in a row, but there are also conventional politicians who are also in the race and may also need to step into the gap, perhaps with his endorsement. >> thank you so much for your time this evening. >> you're welcome. >> we moved to north america after wildfires burned nearly 1,000,0