Protesters in Senegal have clashed with police after a court approved President Abdoulaye Wade to seek a highly disputed third term, but barred music icon Youssou Ndour from running.
Senegal's constitutional court approved late on Friday a list of 14 ...
Best known for his global hit 7 Seconds with Neneh Cherry in 1994, N'Dour said the people of Senegal have urged him to turn to politics.
He said they ...
The Senegalese music star Youssou N'Dour has said he will stand in next month's presidential elections, mounting a high-profile challenge to the west ...
N'dour, 52, announced at a concert at the end of November that he had put performing on hold and formed his own political movement, Fekke ma ci bolle ...
"I never had personal ambition to be president," Mr N'Dour, 52, told The Sunday Telegraph. "But the situation is so bad at the moment. Senegal needs ...
He is accused of killing and torturing tens of thousands of opponents between 1982 and 1990, charges he denies.
Senegal's president said this month ...
The prime minister will say the court should not "undermine its own reputation by going over national decisions where it does not need to".
He will ...
Wade, 85, officially filed his presidential candidacy on Tuesday [EPA]
Human Rights group Amnesty International has urged Senegal to respect freedom ...
It was one of the most peaceful nations on Africa's west coast. But is that beginning to change?
"When your president tells you and the whole world ...
DAKAR, Senegal - Paramilitary police in northern Senegal opened fire Monday on men and women protesting the president's plan to run for a third term, ...
Tear gas was fired and one student died when he was run over by a police truck.
Earlier in the week, two people were shot dead during protests in a ...
Correspondents say police are blocking demonstrators from reaching the Place de l'Obelisque, in the centre of the city, where M23 leaders have urged ...
One person died after being run over as Senegalese police fired tear gas to break up a protest rally in Dakar demanding President Abdoulaye Wade drop ...
By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 10:02 PM EST, Sat February 18, 2012
Protesters stand near a burning barricade as they clash with riot police in Dakar ...
A Senegalese policeman stands guard in Dakar during a demonstration against President Abdoulaye Wade's bid for a third term.
Protests are banned in ...
