Senegal’s Wade in the running for third term
Senegal’s presidential candidates have held their final rallies as protesters marched in the streets. Tensions are high ahead of Sunday’s poll.
Rukmini Callimachi
Protests intensify ahead of Senegal presidential elections
Protesters have seized control of a three-block stretch in Senegal’s capital Dakar as they demand the departure of aging President Abdoulaye Wade.
Senegal protests claim another life
Senegalese police have killed at least one person during a protest against a court ruling allowing the nation’s leader to run for another term.
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Stay out of Africa, AU chair warns ‘foreign military’
Foreign military intervention has caused too much suffering in Africa, says the AU’s chair, in a message seen as a jab at Nato’s airstrikes in Libya.
Mass grave found on Côte d’Ivoire soccer pitch
UN investigators in Côte d’Ivoire have determined there were at least 68 bodies in a mass grave discovered on a soccer field in Abidjan.
Côte d’Ivoire rebels seize control of 50km strip
The government of Alassane Ouattara said on Monday rebels allied with their leader had seized a nearly 50km corridor along Côte d’Ivoire’s border.
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Families trapped in Côte d’Ivoire church, UN warns
The United Nations said armed men blocked about 60 families without food or water from leaving a church in Abidjan on Tuesday.
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Obasanjo shows up unexpectedly in Côte d’Ivoire
Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo made an unannounced visit to Côte d’Ivoire, arriving late on Saturday for a meeting with Laurent Gbagbo.
Guinea candidate says he will not accept results
Less than 24 hours before Guinea’s elections results were due, one of the candidates said he would not accept the outcome.
