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DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s opposition went ahead with a protest Saturday and thousands poured into a square to call for the resignation of the country’s octogenarian president, after a change in the venue in order to skirt a ban on demonstrations issued by the Senegalese government.
They amassed at Place de l’Obelisque, just outside Dakar’s downtown district, to demand the departure of 85-year-old President Abdoulaye Wade who is attempting to run for a third term. The constitution allows a president to serve for two terms, and Wade has angered the population of this normally stable country on Africa’s western coast by seeking to run again in 2012. Denver Post wire services
