In Senegal’s capital city of Dakar, protests have turned violent amid demands that current President Abdoulaye Wade abandon his run for a third bid in the February 26 election.
Protests in Senegal Ahead of Presidential Elections
Anti-government protesters at an opposition rally in Senegal's capital Dakar, February 23, 2012. Senegal's presidential elections are on Sunday, amid violence during protests against Wade's decision to run for a third term. (Reuters)
Protesters demonstrate against current President Abdoulaye Wade in Dakar, Senegal, February 23, 2012. (Ricci Shryock/Pulitzer Center, for VOA)
A man passes by a street fire lit by anti-government protesters on a central boulevard in Dakar, Senegal, Feb. 23, 2012. (AP)
Women participate in a prayer by anti-government protesters on a street leading to Independence Square, where police have blocked the opposition from demonstrating, in Dakar, Senegal Feb. 23, 2012. (AP)
Supporters of President Abdoulaye Wade cheer at a campaign rally in Dakar, Feb. 23, 2012. (AP)
Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade is surrounded by supporters and security as he travels between campaign stops in the suburbs of Dakar, Senegal Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. (AP)
Opposition presidential candidates Idrissa Seck, left, and Cheikh Bamba Dieye at an unauthorized anti-government protest in central Dakar, Senegal, Feb. 22, 2012. (AP)
A Senegalese riot policeman loads rubber bullets into his weapon in Dakar, February 21, 2012. (Reuters)