Abdoulaye Wade News

At an opposition protest Friday in Dakar, thousands demanded the resignation of Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, whose admission of having given money to a departing IMF official has sparked indignation and accusations of corruption.

The new Cuban ambassador to the The Gambia, Her Excellency Ines Fors Fernenedez, yesterday afternoon presented her credential to the Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh at State House in Banjul.

Thies, Senegal - President Abdoulaye Wade, 83, said on Wednesday that he was confident of re-election in 2012 for a third term as he faces a quiet opposition.

In this Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009 file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures to the media as he arrives to welcome Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, unseen, at the presidency office in Tehran.

In this Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009 file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures to the media as he arrives to welcome Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, unseen, at the presidency office in Tehran.

Senegal's president said Tuesday that his top aide gave nearly $200,000 "in error" to an International Monetary Fund representative as a parting gift.

17, 2009 file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures to the media as he arrives to welcome Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, unseen, at the presidency office in Tehran.

Senegal has confirmed it gave money to an International Monetary Fund official this month, after days of speculation in local media.

Numerous civil rights organizations united today to join New Democrat Network to oppose an amendment proposed by David Vitter that would include a question on the U.S. census inquiring if the taker is a U.S. citizen.

Picture from meeting between Iran's supreme leader, Senegal president puts to rest rumors of Khamenei's death Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's office released a picture of the leader from an official meeting he held Saturday with Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade.

Iran has received information that "some security agents" in Pakistan were cooperating with elements behind Sunday's attack on the Revolutionary Guards, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying.

The Iranian government denies that its Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, is dead or in a coma.

'The aim of creating the Orgnisation of the Islamic Conference is to follow up the Palestinian issue and therefore the OIC has an important responsibility,' Khamenei told Senegal's Abdoulaye Wade.

Iran's embattled opposition leaders promised to press on with their campaign against the country's rulers, saying the use of force to crush the post-election protests will not silence their demands for democratic change.

President Barack Obama meets with China's President Hu Jintao at Winfield House in London.

While some may point out that the bigger issue in this story may be ego, hubris or corruption, the story of Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade, and his $27 million statue has a ridiculous intellectual property twist, as well .

In this Feb. 14, 2009 file photo, Senegalese and Chinese construction workers cheer during a visit by China's President Hu Jintao and Senegalese counterpart Abdoulaye Wade at the construction site of Senegal's new national theater, being built by China, in Dakar, Senegal.

Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade is reported to have commissioned a 160-ft high bronze statue commemorating the "African Renaissance." The AP says it costs $27 million to build.

Six Senegalese soldiers have been killed in an attack apparently carried out by former rebels from the separatist Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces, military officials said Saturday.

Six Senegalese soldiers were killed in an ambush near the country's border with Guinea-Bissau late Friday.