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Protests on Dakar streets against upcoming presidential elections

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Protesters opposed to President Abdoulaye Wade running for a third term, light street fires in Dakar. Police opened fire with tear gas on demonstrators and left at least one person dead in Senegal's capital. Senegal. 31st January 2012.
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in Politics, on the 31st of January 2012

Police arrest a protester in Dakar, Senegal, where hundreds had gathered to protest a Constitutional Council ruling.

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Riot police walk past street fires lit by protesters in Dakar, where hundreds had gathered to protest a Constitutional Council ruling.

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Street fires are lit by protesters in Dakar, where hundreds had gathered to protest a Constitutional Council ruling.

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Macky Sall, candidate for president, appears in the oppositional protests held in the capital.

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Macky Sall, candidate for president, appears in the oppositional protests held in the capital.

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Moustapha Niasse, candidate for president, appears in the oppositional protests held in the capital.

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Protest of the opposition group M23, held in Place Obelesique in Dakar against the ruling of the Consitutional Council.

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Protest of the opposition group M23, held in Place Obelesique in Dakar against the ruling of the Consitutional Council.

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Protest of the opposition group M23, held in Place Obelesique in Dakar against the ruling of the Consitutional Council.

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Abdoulaye Wade, Conflict, Constitutional Council Senegal, MJ23, Senegal presidential elections, Street protests Senegal, Streets protests Dakar, Voting, Demonstration, Protest, Election, Uprising, Riot, Politics

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