The World - News from March 1, 1988

President Abdou Diouf arrested his chief political rival and imposed an overnight curfew on Dakar, Senegal’s capital, after violent riots erupted over the unofficial results of the country’s presidential election. Diouf, 52, who claimed victory for a second five-year term in the Sunday election, declared a state of emergency when violence broke out between police and supporters of opposition leader Abdoulaye Wade. Wade was among scores of people arrested after widespread rioting by university students. Security forces sealed off the university as well as several Dakar suburbs and fought pitched battles with the rioters.