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Senegal: Unrest Leading up to Election?

Written byAlice Backer
Posted 9 May 2006 19 years ago

Seckasysteme posts two mp3s of local music, invites (FR) readers to relax and says: “Hanging on to their power and privilege like bloodsuckers, PDS [Senegalese Democratic Party] leaders seem … ready to do anything to maintain power… and seasoned political observers fear a resurgence in violence leading up to the February 2007 election.”

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