Sylvain Cherkaoui, photojournaliste

Anti-governement protesters "Y en a marre" on February 22, 2012. The European Union urged Senegal today to lift a ban on street protests and urged all sides to end violence that has left several people dead in the run-up to a presidential election this weekend. Approval by the country's top court of 85-year-old President Abdoulaye Wade's bid to seek a third term, seen by the opposition as illegal, has sparked fierce protests in the capital Dakar. ©Sylvain Cherkaoui