Senegal: cracks down on opposition
January 8, 2007
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Senegal has long been a bastion of stability in turbulent West Africa but cracks are showing as an election looms.
Senegal’s octogenarian president, Abdoulaye Wade, faces a challenge in next month’s polls from his former protegé and one-time prime minister Idrissa Seck. Seck said last February that he would challenge Wade to "salvage" Senegal – a poor but stable country from which thousands last year fled on flimsy boats bound for Europe.
Wade is widely regarded as favourite to win the February 25 vote but Seck’s candidacy has sent shock waves through the ruling Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) and has been followed by a crackdown on opposition politicians.
"Idrissa Seck will not win the next elections but he will contribute greatly to weakening his former party," says political analyst Babacar Justin Ndiaye.
Seck was detained in 2005 for six months on graft allegations, before being quietly released without charge. – Reuters
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