Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade adjusts his tie for a portrait at the presidential palace in the capital Dakar, March 8, 2008. Wade will host some 37 heads of state this week during the summit of Islamic states being held in Senegal. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (SENEGAL) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade speaks to journalists at a news conference in Dakar, February 27, 2012. Wade was locked in a tight race with his main rival, Macky Sall, on Monday as unofficial vote tallies pointed to a possible run-off between the two for the leadership of one of West Africa's most stable countries. REUTERS/Joe Penney (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade votes during Senegal's presidential election in the capital Dakar February 26, 2012. Wade, who is seeking to extend his 12-year rule in the West African state despite complaints he is violating term limits, was heckled by scores of voters as he cast his ballot on Sunday. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade votes during Senegal's presidential election in the capital Dakar February 26, 2012. Wade faces re-election on Sunday, having defied opposition efforts to block him from standing and warnings that his candidacy risked destabilising the usually tranquil West African state. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade speaks during an impromptu election campaign rally in the capital Dakar, February 7, 2012. Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade said on Tuesday he expects to win a new term as leader of the West African state in the first-round of upcoming elections, dismissing opposition demands he renounce his candidacy. REUTERS/Joe Penney (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade and his wife, Viviane Wade, attend an impromptu election campaign rally in the capital Dakar, February 7, 2012. Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade said on Tuesday he expects to win a new term as leader of the West African state in the first-round of upcoming elections, dismissing opposition demands he renounce his candidacy. REUTERS/Joe Penney (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Karim Wade (2nd L) and Sindiely Wade (R), children of Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade, prepare to vote during presidential elections in the capital Dakar February 26, 2012. President Abdoulaye Wade, who is seeking to extend his 12-year rule in the West African state despite complaints he is violating term limits, was heckled by scores of voters as he cast his ballot on Sunday. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade (C) arrives to vote during presidential elections in the capital Dakar February 26, 2012. Wade, who is seeking to extend his 12-year rule in the West African state despite complaints he is violating term limits, was heckled by scores of voters as he cast his ballot on Sunday. REUTERS/Joe Penney (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Senegal's incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade attends an election campaign rally in the capital Dakar February 22, 2012. Senegalese are due to vote in presidential elections on Sunday amid rising violence during protests against Wade's decision to run for a third term in contravention of constitutional limits. REUTERS/Joe Penney (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Campaign posters for Senegal's incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade are seen at a campaign rally in Guediawaye, a suburb of the capital Dakar, February 22, 2012. Senegalese are due to vote in presidential elections on Sunday amid rising violence during protests against Wade's decision to run for a third term in contravention of constitutional limits. REUTERS/Joe Penney (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Senegal's incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade attends an election campaign rally in the capital Dakar February 22, 2012. Senegalese are due to vote in presidential elections on Sunday amid rising violence during protests against Wade's decision to run for a third term in contravention of constitutional limits. REUTERS/Joe Penney (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade greets supporters after receiving a local prize for good governance in the capital Dakar, January 31, 2012. Wade once declared that he would "tread on no corpses to get to the presidential palace." But 12 years after he gained the presidency of the West African nation through the ballot box, riots over the octogenarian leader's bid for re-election in an upcoming February 26 vote have already caused at least four deaths. Picture taken January 31, 2012. To match Analysis SENEGAL-WADE/ REUTERS/Joe Penney (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ELECTIONS) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade addresses the 66th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 21, 2011. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

An opposition supporter attends a rally wearing a shirt showing the crossed out likeness of Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade in capital Dakar, July 23, 2011. Thousands of protesters took to
the streets in Senegal on Saturday to urge President Abdoulaye
Wade to abandon plans to stand for re-election next year, hours
ahead of a planned rally by his supporters. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

A protester gestures during a violent demonstration in Senegal's capital Dakar June 23, 2011. Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade has withdrawn a proposed change to the country's electoral law, the government said, after the bill sparked clashes between riot police and protesters in the heart of the capital. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Anti-government protesters walk past a burning vehicle and barricades during a demonstration in the capital Dakar June 23, 2011. Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade has withdrawn a proposed change to the country's electoral law, the government said, after the bill sparked clashes between riot police and protesters in the heart of the capital. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Protesters cover their mouths as they run through a cloud of tear gas during a demonstration in Senegal's capital Dakar, June 23, 2011. Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade has withdrawn a proposed change to the country's electoral law, the government said, after the bill sparked clashes between riot police and protesters in the heart of the capital. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara (R) talks with Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade as they leave the G8 summit in Deauville, northern France May 27, 2011. REUTERS/Yves Herman (FRANCE - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS)

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara (C) talks with Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade (L) as Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi smiles after a session of the G8 summit in Deauville, northern France May 27, 2011. REUTERS/Yves Herman (FRANCE - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS)

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade (L) is greeted by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy as he arrives to attend a working session during the G8 summit in Deauville May 27, 2011. REUTERS/Damien Meyer (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade arrives at the 16th African Union summit, in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, January 30, 2011. Africa and the international community must stand firm against efforts by Ivory Coast's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo to cling onto power, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said at the summit.
REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (ETHIOPIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) 

Saudi businessman Sheikh Saleh Kamel (L) sits next to Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade during the Gulf-Africa investment conference in Riyadh December 4, 2010. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) 

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (L) greets Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade before posing for a family photo during the third European Union-Africa summit in Tripoli November 29, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS) 

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir welcomes his counterpart Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade at the Khartoum Airport November 2, 2010. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS) 

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) welcomes Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade as he arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris for a meeting between French government and African leaders, July 13, 2010. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS) 

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) sits alongside Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade during the G8 Session with African Outreach Leaders during the 2010 G8 Summit at the Deerhurst Resort at Muskoka in Huntsville, Canada, June 25, 2010. REUTERS/Saul Loeb/Pool (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS) 

United States President Barack Obama (L), Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) attend a G8 session with African Outreach leaders at the G8 Summit at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario, June 25, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade (L) walks with Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo (R) at Felix Houphouet Boigny international airport in Abidjan April 22, 2010. Wade is on a two-day official visit to Ivory Coast. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (IVORY COAST - Tags: POLITICS) 

Supporters attend the launch of Senegal's controversial African Renaissance statue depicting a family rising triumphantly from a volcano and costing $28-million in Dakar, April 3, 2010. Senegal inaugurated its giant "African Renaissance" monument on Saturday, brushing aside complaints that the personal project of President Abdoulaye Wade was a waste of money and un-Islamic. Picture taken April 3, 2010. REUTERS/Eve Coulon (SENEGAL - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade arrives at the African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa February 1, 2010. Leaders from around the continent are gathered in Ethiopia's capital for an AU summit. Picture taken February 1, 2010. REUTERS/Irada Humbatova (ETHIOPIA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) 

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) holds hands with his Senegalese counterpart Abdoulaye Wade at the presidential palace in Senegal's capital Dakar November 26, 2009. Ahmadinejad arrived in Dakar during his last leg of an international tour of Latin America and Africa. REUTERS/Emilie Regnier (SENEGAL POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade (L) shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak during a summit meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul November 23, 2009. Wade arrived in Seoul Sunday on a four-day visit to attend a Korea-Africa forum. REUTERS/Ahn Young-joon/Pool (SOUTH KOREA POLITICS) 

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) waves to journalists as he walks with his Senegalese counterpart Abdoulaye Wade during an official welcoming ceremony in Tehran October 17, 2009. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN POLITICS) 

The nearly finished monument to the African Renaissance rises above the Dakar skyline in Senegal's capital August 19, 2009. The North Korean built monument is billed as a symbol of Africa's rise from "centuries of ignorance, intolerance and racism". But critics of the bronze family of man, woman and infant -- at 50 metres tall just higher than New York's Statue of Liberty -- say it only goes to show that even one of the continent's strongest democracies must put up with the whims of its rulers. President Abdoulaye Wade, who has long styled himself a champion of the poor on the world stage, sparked the furore by declaring himself the "intellectual owner" of the monument and so entitled to a 35 percent cut from future tourist revenues. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (SENEGAL POLITICS) 

Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Senegalese counterpart Abdoulaye Wade pose for photographers at State House in Dakar in this picture taken February 13, 2009. Hu's delegation has signed loan and aid deals worth $90 million with Senegal, Senegalese state media reported on Saturday. Picture taken February 13, 2009. REUTERS/Str (SENEGAL) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 30, 2009. More than 40 heads of state and government -- almost double the number last year -- will be joined at the WEF meeting by 36 finance ministers and central bankers, including the central bank chiefs of all the G8 group of rich countries except the United States. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 30, 2009. More than 40 heads of state and government -- almost double the number last year -- will be joined at the WEF meeting by 36 finance ministers and central bankers, including the central bank chiefs of all the G8 group of rich countries except the United States. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND) 

President of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade looks on during a plenary session at the 1st World Policy Conference in Evian October 7, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (FRANCE) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade addresses the 63rd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York September 24, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade speaks to the media during a news conference on the first day of Petra Conference of Nobel Laureates June 18, 2008. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN) 

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) greets Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade at the Elysee Palace, September 10, 2008. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE) 

Turkey's President Abdullah Gul (R) and Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade pose for the media during a welcoming ceremony in Ankara February 19, 2008. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade speaks to reporters prior to a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 26, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND) 

U2 lead singer Bono speaks during an interview as Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade looks on before a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 26, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND) 

Senegal's President Maitre Abdoulaye Wade salutes the press on his way out from the EU-Africa summit in Lisbon December 9, 2007. REUTERS/Hugo Correia (PORTUGAL) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade gestures during a speech at the opening session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Cape Town, South Africa, June 13, 2007. Wade has accused an African leadership group set up six years ago to manage development of wasting hundreds of millions of dollars and achieving nothing for the world's poorest continent. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (SOUTH AFRICA) 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade in Heiligendamm June 8, 2007. World leaders meeting in Germany turned their attention to Africa on Friday, agreeing a $60 billion pledge to fight AIDS and other killer diseases ravaging the continent, according to a diplomat. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (GERMANY) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade waves during his inauguration ceremony in the capital Dakar April 3, 2007. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (SENEGAL) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade waves during his inauguration ceremony in the capital Dakar April 3, 2007. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (SENEGAL) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade gives a speech on his final campaign rally in the capital Dakar February 23, 2007. Wrapping up his campaign before an election on Sunday, Wade asked Senegal's voters to elect him for a second term, promising to create thousands of jobs to halt the flow of desperate young illegal migrants trying to reach Europe. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (SENEGAL) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade gestures to the crowd during a final campaign rally in the capital Dakar February 23 2007. In a speech wrapping up his campaign before an election on Sunday, Wade asked Senegal's voters to elect him for a second term, promising to create thousands of jobs to halt the flow of desperate young illegal migrants trying to reach Europe. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (SENEGAL) 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade listens to a question during a news conference about the U.N. Global Youth Leadership Summit, at the United Nations in New York October 30, 2006. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES) 

Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade (R) and French President Jacques Chirac attend the Houphouet-Boigny prize ceremony at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris May 16, 2006. The Houphouet-Boigny prize was awarded to Wade for his contributions to peace. 

Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade (L) and French President Jacques Chirac attend the Houphouet-Boigny prize ceremony at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris May 16, 2006. The Houphouet-Boigny prize, awarded for contribution to peace, was given to Wade. REUTERS/Emmanuel Fradin 

Spanish motorcycle rider and Dakar Rally winner Marc Coma receives his trophy from Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade after the final stage of the 28th Dakar Rally at Lac Rose January 15, 2006. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly 

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade answers questions during a news conference at the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis November 17, 2005. Wade said on Wednesday he would seek advice from the African Union over an extradition request from Belgium for Chad's former ruler Hissene Habre, accused of atrocities during his eight-year rule. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir 

French President Jacques Chirac and Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade are welcomed as they arrive in Saint-Louis du Senegal. French President Jacques Chirac (L) and Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade (R) speak together in their car as they arrive in Saint-Louis du Senegal, February 3, 2005. Chirac is in Saint-Louis on the second day of his three-day visit in Senegal. REUTERS/Patrick Kovarik/Pool 

U.S. President George W. Bush shakes hands with Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade (L) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, December 6, 2004. REUTERS/Jason Reed JIR 

U.S. President George W. Bush holds the hand of Senegal President Abdoulaye
Wadeas, as they look out to sea from the departure portal of The Slave
House, on Goree Island in Senegal, July 8, 2003. Goree Island was a slave
trade depot for millions of Africans between the 16th and 18th centuries.
Bush flew to Africa Tuesday with promises of aid and a message of hope, but
his five-nation trip was likely to be overshadowed by the conflicts
besetting the continent. Pictures of the month July 2003 REUTERS/Kevin
Lamarque

KL/GN 

Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade (L) waves alongside Moroccon King Mohammed VI from an open top car in the Southern Moroccan city of Marrakesh May 29. Wade is on a three-day official visit to Morocco.

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