Abdoulaye Wade

Senegalese state television has reported that President Abdoulaye Wade conceded defeat in a phone call to his main electoral rival Macky Sall. The Senegalese Press Agency said Wade “phoned his rival Macky Sall at 21:30GMT to congratulate him after the first results showed him to be the winner of a presidential run-off” vote. An official at Sall’s campaign headquarters confirmed the report. Sall’s supporters had already been celebrating in the streets on Sunday night as reports came in showing...Read Full Story

Feb 19, 2012 (Weekend Edition Sunday) — Senegal’s capital of Dakar remains jittery, with demonstrators and police locked in running street battles. Some of the protests have been led by rap artists, who are mobilizing the youth and putting pressure on Senegal’s leader to step down. Senegal’s capital of Dakar remains jittery, with youth and police locked in running street battles. Riot police are firing tear gas on rock-throwing protesters who oppose President Abdoulaye Wade’s bid for a third...Read Full Story

(CSMonitor) – Protesters in Dakar and other cities overturned cars and killed one policeman after a high court cleared Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade to run for a third term in office. The Senegalese capital of Dakar is bracing for protests this week, after the top court cleared Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade to run for a third presidential term and disqualified several opposition candidates, including world-famous singer Youssou N’Dour. Protests rocked the capital on Friday, after...Read Full Story

This normally unflappable nation on the continent's western coast has been rocked by back-to-back protests following the decision of its 85-year-old leader to seek a third term. The opposition has vowed to render the country ungovernable if President Abdoulaye Wade wins Sunday's poll.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.usRead Full Story

Senegal's new monument sparks debate...(Senegal's "African Renaissance" monument, 2010)Out of the country's 12 million citizens, about 95% of them are Muslim, and they are not pleased with the erection of a large statue that features a Black man with a woman and baby in tow.The enormous monument (dedicated to the legacy and progression of the Senegalese people), has been cited as being wasteful and an obscured vision of the human form. News site globalpost.com reports, "politicians charge...Read Full Story