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As Senegal's Muslims mark the end of Ramadan, the nations's newly elected president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, arrives at the Grand Mosque of Dakar, to join other worshippers for the Eid al-Fitr prayers. IMAGES
Senegalese vote at a polling station in Dakar to elect a new president in an unpredictable race following three years of turmoil and political crisis. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI34M84EL_EN
Protesters build barricades in the Senegalese capital Dakar as opposition party supporters and police clashed after President Macky Sall's announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election set for February 25. Saturday's postponement, which came just a day before official campaigning was due to begin, set off a wave of international concern. IMAGES
Images of barricades burning in the streets of Dakar. Initial clashes broke out in Dakar, where Senegalese gendarmes used tear gas to disperse hundreds of people who had come to demonstrate against the postponement of the presidential election, before being pelted with stones. IMAGES
Images of damage in the streets of Dakar as supporters of Ousmane Sonko protest his conviction. A court in Senegal sentenced opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, to two years in prison on charges of "corrupting youth" but acquitted him of rape and issuing death threats. IMAGES