Protests Spark Violence in Senegal
- Publisher:
- AlJazeera English
- Publication Date:
- 2 February 2012
- Tags:
- Senegal, Conflict, Peace and Security, Legal and Judicial Affairs, Human Rights
Students set fire to a bus and threatened to march on Senegal's presidential palace, a day after one of their classmates was killed during a demonstration Wednesday's clashes, in a country dubbed by some as Africa's most stable democracy", come amid opposition anger against the decision of the nation's highest court to allow 85-year-old President Abdoulaye Wade to run for a third term.
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- Amnesty International Urges President Wade to Rein in Security Forces
- 'No, Mr Wade You Don't Have the Right'
- VIDEO: Protests in Senegal Turn Violent
- Two Killed in Senegal As Anger Mounts Against Wade
- Political Tensions Rise as Election Run-Off Looms
- Berman - 'Lack of Transparency in Senegal'
- Students Call for President to Step Down
- Controversies and Fear of Election-Related Violence Ahead of the Presidential Poll in Senegal
- Wade Downplays Riots
