Sylvain Cherkaoui, photojournaliste

A demonstrator shouts into a megaphone during a march by some 300 women in Dakar on February 24, 2012, protesting President Abdoulaye Wade's bid for a third term two days before polls in the normally stable nation. One of Africa's democratic success stories, the continent's westernmost state is facing its most tumultuous polls since independence after weeks of riots over the 85-year-old leader's efforts to cling to power left six dead. ©Sylvain Cherkaoui