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Feb. 28, 2012
World & Nation
Opposition leader Abdoulaye Wade was given a one-year suspended jail term Wednesday on charges of inciting widespread riots after last February’s presidential election in Senegal.
May 12, 1988
President Abdoulaye Wade fired his prime minister and entire Cabinet -- a shake-up widely anticipated after a state-run ferry capsized Sept. 26, killing more than 1,000 people.
Nov. 5, 2002
Voters in Senegal go to the polls today for presidential and parliamentary elections.
Feb. 28, 1988
Longtime opposition leader Abdoulaye Wade was sworn in Saturday as president of Senegal, ending 40 years of one-party rule.
April 2, 2000
President Abdou Diouf conceded Monday that longtime rival Abdoulaye Wade defeated him in Senegal’s weekend elections, marking a triumph for democratic change on a continent plagued by fraudulent balloting, coups and civil wars.
March 21, 2000
President Bush encouraged African nations Monday to ratify a 1999 anti-terrorism pact so that they will have extra resources to help fight any future assaults by the Al Qaeda network or other terrorists.
Oct. 30, 2001
President Abdou Diouf arrested his chief political rival and imposed an overnight curfew on Dakar, Senegal’s capital, after violent riots erupted over the unofficial results of the country’s presidential election.
March 1, 1988
Serigne Saliou Mbacke, 92, spiritual leader of the Mourides, the most powerful Muslim brotherhood in Senegal, Africa, died Friday in the city of Touba.
Jan. 1, 2008
April 5, 2012