Senegal mourns Sufi cleric

Senegal mourns Sufi cleric

Alex Duval Smith

BBC Africa, Dakar

Tens of thousands of people in Senegal are travelling to the holy city of Touba to pay their respects, following the death of a powerful Muslim leader.
Businesses across the country have remained shut.
The head of the Sufi Mouride sect, Serigne Sidy Mokhtar Mbacke, was buried on Tuesday night. He was in his mid-nineties.
The Senegalese president Macky Sall cancelled his weekly meeting with government ministers to travel to Touba to visit the tomb.
Senegal's Muslim brotherhoods play a key role in politics and business.