VIOLENT RIOTS AGAINST POWER CUTS IN DAKAR
Tidiane Kassé
Dakar has had a night of riots, with the masses taking to the streets since the end of Monday 27 June to protest against power cuts. In several areas of the city, the electricity supply is only available in a sporadic manner for a few hours – sometimes a few minutes – with sessions that can last for close to 24 hours.
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SENEGAL: WHEN WADE BACKED DOWN ON 23 JUNE
Tidiane Kassé
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[5] http://www.pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/74411]http://www.pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/74411</a><br /> ******</p> <p>FOR WHOM THE BELLS TOLL IN SENEGALESE DEMOCRACY?<br /> Fatou Kiné Camara</p> <p>Rejected by a public revolt, the constitutional bill that Abdoulaye Wade had introduced to institute a 'president–vice president' ticket to the February 2012 presidential elections constitutes a democratic retreat on several levels. Fatou Kiné Camara identifies four of these levels, which make up a 'burial of all democratic progress in Senegal'.</p> <p><a href=
[6] http://www.pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/74375]http://www.pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/74375</a><br /> ******</p> <p>CONSTITUTIONAL DISORDER WITH DYNASTIC INTENTION<br /> El Hadj Mbodj</p> <p>To ensure the devolution of power to his son Karim, Abdoulaye Wade did not hesitate to conceive legal atrocities. And El Hadji Mbodj notes that 'it constitutes a crushing of fundamental principles of constitutional democracy and a shock of the very basis of republican power'.</p> <p><a href=
[7] http://www.pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/74374]http://www.pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/74374</a><br /> ******</p> <p>AFTER THE VICTORY OF 23 JUNE, OTHER PREJUDICIAL BATTLES TO BEGIN!<br /> Ababacar Fall 'Barros'</p> <p>In Senegal, the power in place backed down, but this is only but one battle won. According to Ababacar Fall 'Barros', other conquests are yet to be carried out to create democratic conditions that will help 'barricade the road for the enemies of the people' during the 2012 presidential elections.</p> <p><a href=
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