Thousands of opposition supporters marched in the Senegalese capital Dakar on Tuesday to protest against President Abdoulaye Wade's controversial plans to seek a third term in a February 26 presidential election.
Senegal's fractious opposition has agreed to pool together in an effort to force President Abdoulaye Wade to withdraw from next month’s presidential election, claiming his bid for a third term in office violates the country's constitution.
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Opposition figures vowed to continue mounting protests against President Abdoulaye Wade's bid for a third term in office, calling for a prayer gathering on Friday to remember victims of the violence that has swept the country in recent days.
As the election in Senegal draws closer, ever greater numbers are demanding that 85-year-old President Wade give up his controversial bid for a third term in office. Meanwhile, the reported voice of Boko Haram was arrested this week in Nigeria, but that has done little to stop the Islamist group blamed for a series of bloody attacks. Finally, the Malian Eagles are in the quarter finals of the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in eight years.
Hundreds of Senegalese youths clashed with police in Dakar Wednesday night, one day after a student was killed amid rioting. National and international pressure is mounting on President Abdoulaye Wade to give up his plans to seek a third term.
Opposition protesters vowed to continue challenging President Abdoulaye Wade's bid for a third term in office, after another anti-Wade rally on Tuesday night led to street clashes between youth and police.
International news heads up the front pages here in France - with headline calls for both Bashar al-Assad and Abdoulaye Wade to step down. We also look at new developments in the Karachigate corruption scandal - and more bad headlines for Nicolas Sarkozy.
Senegalese riot police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the thousands of protestors who had rallied in a Dakar square Tuesday to protest against President Abdoulaye Wade’s bid for a third term in office.
