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Senegal: Violence On the Increase Ahead of Presidential Vote
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| Contributor | Patrick |
| Last Edited | Patrick Feb 17, 2007 01:50pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, February 15, 2007 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | With presidential elections looming, many in Senegal are concerned that the country's largely peaceful history at the polls is about to be shattered.
So far no one has been killed or suffered major injuries ahead of the 25 February vote. But every day for the last week, Senegalese newspapers have reported incidents such as stone throwing, street battles between mobs of campaign supporters, and the houses of politicians being burned and attacked.
"Everyone is worried," said Mathieu Coly Seck who has a little upholstery shop in the capital, Dakar, that he fears could be looted.
On Tuesday, a group attacked the Dakar residence of one of the 15 presidential candidates, Ousmane Tanor Dieng, who is leader of the former ruling party. The houses of two other political leaders were reported in Senegalese media to have been burned down
.....The rural masses have come a long way from the day when they said 'the ruling party is in power because that is God's will'.....
Meanwhile, in the centre of the country at the town of Darou Mouty, seven people were injured in a battle between supporters of two factions of the ruling party. |
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