Police fire tear gas at Senegal opposition protest
Protesters defied a government banWednesday and made their way to a square only blocks from thepresidential palace, the closest that the opposition movement has come to the seat of power in two weeks of demonstrations ahead of next week’s election.
People flee as riot police fire tear gas to disperse anti-government protestors, in Dakar, Senegal Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Net photo