Sylvain Cherkaoui, photojournaliste

Senegalese electors queue for voting in the presidential elections at a polling station in a Franco-Arab School in Point E area of Dakar..Hundreds of people, queueing for voting since the early hours, insulted and heckled the president and candidate Abdoulaye Wade during his vote casting at the poll station, accusing the head of state of disrespect for the country's constitution when running for a third term in office..Tensions between opposition supporters and security forces have been high in the capital Dakar and other cities around the country since Wade announce his candidature late July. Some violent clashes culminated with the death of 12 people and many injured in the past month alone. ©Sylvain Cherkaoui