United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon; the French foreign Minister and the US embassy in Senegal have expressed concerns over the increasing violence and an upsurge in political tensions, ahead of the country’s February 26 presidential election.
Five people have been killed by police in Dakar and several other cities around the country since the country’s Constitutional court approved the third term candidacy of President Abdoulaye Wade last Friday.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the embassy condemned recent violence and urged Senegalese to put an end to it.
The statement also called on the Senegalese government to seek better ways of preserving and consolidating its democracy.
The Americans want all Senegalese, mainly law enforcement personnel and those involved in the current protests to resort to non-violent methods.
They said the government should take appropriate measures to guarantee a free, fair and transparent presidential election.
Meanwhile, the US embassy in Dakar has pledged to work with its international partners in monitoring the electoral process to ensure transparency in this month’s presidential polls.

For his part, UN Secretary General Ban “urges all political parties and national stakeholders to refrain from violence in the pursuit of their objectives and to pursue peaceful means to resolve all electoral grievances.”

In a statement from the UN headquarters in New York, “the Secretary-General calls upon all concerned actors to create enabling conditions for transparent, credible and peaceful elections that reflect the legitimate concerns and aspirations of the people of Senegal. He stresses the need for the authorities to act in a manner that preserves and consolidates Senegal’s democratic traditions, which have laid the foundations for its long history of stability and social cohesion.”

Alain Juppé called for the need for President Wade to give chance to the younger generation to take charge of the country’s political field. He further called for restraint and without any violence.
On Monday, the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Bernard Valero had already expressed regret that "all political cannot be represented" in the presidential Senegal, following the publication by the Constitutional Council candidates, rejecting that of the singer Youssou Ndour and confirming that of the outgoing president, Abdoulaye Wade, aged 85

Senegalese Foreign Minister Madicke Niang said he had received "no official diplomatic advice their counterparts; adding that they only heard such condemnations through the press.
He added that Senegal was "a role model in democracy in the sub region.

A group of University student went to the streets denouncing killing of their colleague killed by security forces.