International pop star Youssou N'Dour has has been pushed back by police during a demonstration in Senegal, the news service Associated Press reports.
N'Dour had come on Saturday to the Criminal Investigation Division as part of a large crowd of opposition supporters who wanted to show their solidarity with Alioune Tine, a well-known human rights activist who is being questioned by police. Tine was the organiser of a demonstration on Friday that turned violent following the decision of Senegal's constitutional court to allow the country's leader to run for a third term.
The legal body approved President Abdoulaye Wade's third term bid, even though critics say the constitution allows a maximum of two. N'Dour wanted to run in the February presidential election but his candidacy has been rejected.
