Senegal headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in a legislative election that the President hopes will give his party the clear majority it needs to implement an ambitious agenda for reforms.

The heated campaign period has revived concerns about unrest as political rivals clashed, sometimes violently. 

The West African nation saw some of the worst political violence in recent history ahead of the presidential election in March.

For more on this,  from the capital Dakar by Human Rights Consultant and Vice President of Senegalese Human Rights League, Professor Denis Ndour.