20120303 AFP Senegal opposition candidate Macky Sall has won a major boost in his bid to oust President Abdoulaye Wade in a run-off vote, securing the endorsement of the man who came third in the first round.
20120303 AFP UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for "civic responsibility" in Senegal ahead of the second round of an increasingly bitter presidential election.
20120303 AFP Senegal's opposition has urged voters to strike a "killer blow" to incumbent Abdoulaye Wade's bid for a third term as president by electing his rival Macky Sall in a run-off vote this month.
20120229 AFP Senegal's veteran leader Abdoulaye Wade admitted Tuesday he could be forced into a run-off election after failing to secure an outright majority for a disputed third term.
20120229 AP DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — European Union observers on Tuesday questioned why Senegal's government is not publishing real-time results from a contentious presidential election, saying that in the Internet age there is no reason for the delay.
20120228 AFP Senegal's veteran leader Abdoulaye Wade conceded Monday he may face a run-off poll as early results suggest voters denied him a first round win in his contentious bid for a third term.
20120228 AP DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade says he now expects to face a runoff in the West African nation's presidential election.
20120228 AP DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — As votes were being tallied on Monday from Senegal's presidential election, leading opposition candidate Macky Sall declared that no candidate had gotten the necessary 50 percent, making a runoff "inevitable."
20120227 AFP Senegal tallied results in a contentious election in which incumbent Abdoulaye Wade, who is seeking to extend his rule with a disputed third term, was greeted by jeers as he cast his ballot Sunday.
20120227 AP DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Voters booed Senegal's president as he went to cast his ballot in elections Sunday, the latest sign of how his decision to seek a third term in office has caused his popularity to plummet and divided a country long considered a model of tolerance.
20120227 AP DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Polling stations have started closing and election monitors in Senegal are now counting ballots from a vote that has tested the nation's image as one of the continent's oldest and most robust democracies.
20120227 AFP Senegal voted on Sunday in its most contentious election yet as 85-year-old President Abdoulaye Wade seeks a disputed third term, testing its credentials as one of Africa's most stable countries.
20120227 AP DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — After weeks of riots, voters began casting their ballots Sunday in an election that threatens Senegal's reputation as one of oldest and most robust democracies in Africa.
20120226 AFP Senegal votes in its most tumultuous polls yet on Sunday with 85-year-old President Abdoulaye Wade's bid for a third term having sparked deadly protests in one of Africa's most stable countries.
20120226 AFP The African Union's top envoy on Saturday proposed Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade retire in two years if he is re-elected, in an attempt to ease tensions on the eve of the nation's most contentious polls yet.
20120226 AP DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When he sat down with his biographer to record the story of his life, President Abdoulaye Wade made sure the book would start with a description of the Waalo kingdom, from whose kings the Wade family is descended.
20120225 AP DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's presidential candidates held their final rallies and protesters marched in the streets Friday, as a respected African statesman shuttled between the opposition and the government to broker a solution to this country's growing political divide.
20120225 AP DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's presidential candidates held their final rallies and protesters marched in the streets Friday, as a respected African statesman shuttled between the opposition and the government to broker a solution to this country's growing political divide.
20120221 AFP Senegalese music icon and opposition activist Youssou Ndour was injured in the leg Tuesday after being hit by a projectile at the scene of a banned rally in Dakar, his entourage told AFP.
