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An anti-government protestor flees from tear gas at a protest in Senegal's capital Dakar, February 21, 2012. Hundreds of opposition supporters clashed with Senegalese security forces in the capital on Tuesday as European Union observers criticised a ban on protests and an African envoy jetted in to try and stem rising violence. REUTERS/Joe Penney (SENEGAL - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
Dakar - Senegalese police on Tuesday used tear gas to disperse opposition supporters attempting to gather for a banned protest against President Abdoulaye Wade's bid for a third term in weekend polls.
Small groups of protesters converging on Independence Square, close to the presidency, were met by riot police firing tear gas, an AFP correspondent reported.
Protesters did not respond with stone-throwing, as they had done in several other rallies during the tense run-up to Sunday's election which has already claimed six lives.
A few hundred yards away, policemen were locked in a standoff with a group of protesters headed by former prime minister Idrissa Seck, who is contesting Sunday's vote, and music legend Youssou Ndour, whose candidacy was rejected by the constitutional court.
Hundreds of supporters gathered around the two opposition leaders' vehicles, chanting in Wolof, “Gorgui, na dem!” (Get out, old man), in reference to Wade who, at 85, is Africa's second oldest head of state. - Sapa-AFP
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