| 5,713,950 |
12.81028 |
-16.22639 |
Senegal |
|
At least five Senegalese soldiers were wounded when their vehicle was hit by an MFDC anti-tank mine in the south. |
| 5,713,953 |
14.6667 |
-17.44406 |
Senegal |
|
Opponents of Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade protested just days before a ruling on the legality of his controversial bid to seek a third term in February polls. Supporters of the president were also active in another region of the city. |
| 5,713,956 |
14.6667 |
-17.44406 |
Senegal |
|
The government placed a ban on protests to prevent violence for five days leading up to an election and court decision. |
| 5,713,962 |
14.6667 |
-17.44406 |
Senegal |
|
Despite a protest ban the opposition June 23 Movement staged a protest against the incumbent. Police and protesters/rioters clashed late in the day after it was announce the current president could run for an unprecedented third term. A police officer was reported dead following the event. An AFP journalist was assaulted during the melee. |
| 5,715,958 |
8.18872 |
-11.34172 |
Sierra Leone |
|
looting/presense |
| 5,713,982 |
14.6667 |
-17.44406 |
Senegal |
|
Senegal riot police fired tear gas and sprayed protesters with water to break up a thousands-strong rally in the capital demanding that President Abdoulaye Wade drop plans to seek a third term. Angry youths had taunted security forces shortly before the dispersion, throwing rocks at police. One death of a youth reported. |
| 5,713,987 |
14.6667 |
-17.44406 |
Senegal |
|
Students at the University of Dakar clash with police a day after a fellow classmate was killed in the Tuesday riots. A bus was set on fire and one student killed in the clashes. |
| 5,713,992 |
14.6667 |
-17.44406 |
Senegal |
|
Thousands of protesters have gathered in a Dakar square to demand that octogenarian president Abdoulaye Wade scrap plans to seek a third term in office. Unrest occurred when a group of 50 youth began throwing rocks at police. |
| 5,713,995 |
14.6667 |
-17.44406 |
Senegal |
|
Riot police deployed in downtown Dakar on Friday ahead of an opposition planned a prayer meeting in the area. |
| 5,713,999 |
14.6667 |
-17.44406 |
Senegal |
|
Protesters poured in to the capital's Obelisk Square, the epicentre of the months-old protest movement against Wade, as anti-riot police looked on. |
