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A member of the armed forces casts his ballot on Feburary 18, 2012 in Dakar ahead of presidential polls in which President Abdoulaye Wade is seeking a highly disputed third term which has upset one of Africa's most stable nations. Some 23,000 soldiers and paramilitary police began...

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High Commander of the Gendamerie and Military Justice, General Abdoulaye Fall, casts his ballot on Feburary 18, 2012 in Dakar ahead of presidential polls in which President Abdoulaye Wade is seeking a highly disputed third term which has upset one of Africa's most stable nations. Some...

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Senegalese policemen prepare to throw tear gas canisters at protesters on Feburary 17, 2012, in Dakar, during a demonstration called by the M23 opposition movement against President Abdoulaye Wade's bid for a third term. Burning debris and rocks littered the streets around Independence...

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Senegalese pass infront of a police riot vehicle on Feburary 17, 2012 in Dakar during a demonstration against President Abdoulaye Wade's third term bid. Burning debris and rocks littered the streets around Independence Square as riot police on trucks and foot chased protesters to...

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A Senegalese policeman hurls a tear gas canister near a poster of 2012 presidential election cadidate Macky Sall on Feburary 17, 2012 in Dakar during a demonstration against President Abdoulaye Wade's third term bid. Burning debris and rocks littered the streets around Independence...

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A Senegalese special forces policeman holds a shotgun on Feburary 17, 2012 in Dakar during a demonstration against President Abdoulaye Wade's third term bid. Burning debris and rocks littered the streets around Independence Square as riot police on trucks and foot chased protesters to...

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Police transfer 'Fed Up' youth movement leaders Simon (Center R) and rapper Kilifeu (Center L) after arresting them, as policemen blocked protesters from accessing a square during 'Fed Up' youth activists' attempt to stage a protest against President Abdoulaye Wade's third term bid on...

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Police sit as they stand guard to block protesters from accessing a square during Senegal's rapper-led youth movement 'Fed Up' 's attempt to stage a protest against President Abdoulaye Wade's third term bid on February 16, 2012 in Dakar. The two leaders of the 'Fed Up' group, known as...

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Police arrest Simon (R) and Kilifa (L) two leaders of Senegal's rapper-led youth movement 'Fed Up' on February 16, 2012 in Dakar as they attempted to stage a protest against President Abdoulaye Wade's third term bid, an AFP journalist said. The two leaders, known as Sinan and Kilifeu,...

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Senegal's Interior Minister Ousmane Ngom shows a picture of devices he said police found on the site of demonstrations during a press in Dakar on February 16, 2012. The permanent sit-in that the youth movement 'Y'en a marre' (Fed up) wants to organise is similar to 'an offense of...

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Senegalese riot police block on February 15, 2012 the access to Independence Square in the center of Dakar to block a banned march against President Abdoulaye Wade's bid for a third term in office in an election later this month. Riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets on...

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Sengalese music superstar Youssou Ndour arrives on February 15, 2012 on Independence Square in the center of Dakar for a rally against President Abdoulaye Wade's bid for a third term in office in an election later this month. Riot police fired tear gas and rubber bulletson February 15...

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Singer and opposition political activist Youssou N'Dour (C) is surrounded as arrives to join a demonstration march called by opposition activists of the M23 movement against Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade's campaign for a controversial third term in office, in Dakar, on February 15,...

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Protesters clash with riot police during a demonstration march called by opposition activists of the M23 movement against Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade's campaign for a controversial third term in office, in Dakar, on February 15, 2012, ahead of the February 26 national elections. ...

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Riot policemen stand guard as they bar access to a street during a demonstration march called by opposition activists of the M23 movement opposed to Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade's campaign for a controversial third term in office, in Dakar, on February 15, 2012, ahead of the...

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Senegalese police officers patrol on the Obelisk Square in Dakar on February 14, 2012, to prevent youths, members of the rapper-led youth movement 'Fed Up', from settling in the square where they planned a permanent sit-in to protest President Abdoulaye Wade's bid to run for a third...

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Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade (R) shakes hands with supporters as he campaigns in the troubled Casamance with a new peace plan as mobilisation against his disputed third term appeared to run out of steam on February 11, 2012. Wade, 85, who has campaigned energetically throughout...

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Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade campaigns in the troubled Casamance with a new peace plan as mobilisation against his disputed third term appeared to run out of steam on February 11, 2012. Wade, 85, who has campaigned energetically throughout the country over the past week while...

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Supporters of Senegal president Abdoulaye Wade sit under a banner with his portrai tat Ziguinchor, on Februsary 11, 2012. Wade on Saturday wooed voters in the troubled Casamance with a new peace plan as mobilisation against his disputed third term appeared to run out of steam.

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Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade arrives in Cap Skiring, Casamance region, on February 11, 2012, for a campaign rally ahead of February 26 presidential election. Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade today took his re-election campaign to Casamance, a region wracked by a rebellion he had...

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Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade (R) waves to his supporters during a rally in the capital of the Casamance region Ziguinchor on February 11, 2012, ahead of February 26 presidential election. Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade today took his re-election campaign to Casamance, a region...

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Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade (R) speaks to his supporters during a rally in Oussouye, Casamance region, on February 11, 2012, ahead of February 26 presidential election. Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade today took his re-election campaign to Casamance, a region wracked by a...

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Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade talks with Cabrousse's Officials during a campaigning trip to Casamance Province, in Cabrousse on February 11, 2012. Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade today took his re-election campaign to Casamance, a region wracked by a rebellion he had vowed to...

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Madiguene Cisse, 61, who fought for two decades to help get Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade elected before becoming an opposition activist, is arrested by police at Place de l'Independence, where anti-government protesters had intended to gather, in central Dakar, Senegal Friday,...

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An anti-government protester gestures toward police firing tear gas, on a central boulevard in Dakar, Senegal Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. Saturday marks the fourth straight day of protests ahead of next week's critical election which is pitting the country's 85-year-old president against a...