A student has died after protests over delayed stipends escalated into violent clashes at a university in Dakar, with witnesses accusing security forces of setting a fire in a student residence and beating him. Authorities described the death as a “tragedy” and said violence occurred on both sides, as the campus was shut down indefinitely. The unrest unfolds amid mounting pressure on Senegal’s government, which is grappling with a $13 billion budget shortfall and growing public discontent. For