President Abdoulaye Wade turned in his application this week to be a candidate in the Feb. 26 presidential election. The constitution has a two-term limit, and the population has threatened to riot if the country's constitutional court approves his candidacy late Friday.
The minister of the interior earlier said all public demonstrations would be banned through early next week, but the government granted a last-minute reprieve on Friday. This came after the opposition threatened to go ahead with a rally regardless of whether the government gave it a permit.
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