César has the suspicious look of a conspirator, despite the crucifix hanging from a chain round his neck. I met him with his deputies – Alphonse, Rambo, Rémi and Jérôme – in a grubby cafe in Sao ...
The Gambia government has secured the release of eight Senegalese soldiers captured by a faction of the MFDC loyal to Salif Sadjo, four days before the first anniversary of their capture. The men were ...
Casamance, a region with a culture distinct from the rest of Senegal, is the site of Africa's longest-running separatist revolt. But some locals want to move on. Four decades of fighting between ...
A top Senegalese rebel leader has declared a unilateral ceasefire, raising hopes of ending one of West Africa's longest-running conflicts. Salif Sadio said he wanted to give the peace process ...
Less than two weeks after the resignation of former MFDC secretary general, Abbe Augustin Diamacoune has re-appointed Jean Marie Francois Biagui as MFDC secretary general, reliable sources informed ...
Senegal's government has launched an inquiry into the killing of 13 loggers in the southern region of Casamance. It's the first upsurge in violence in the isolated region in years. Senegal is ...
The region of Casamance has been wracked by a low-intensity rebellion since the 1980s [AFP] The recent release of eight Senegalese hostages by the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) has ...
DAKAR, Jan 14 (Reuters) - A veteran Senegalese separatist leader, Father Augustin Diamacoune Senghor, died overnight in a Paris hospital aged 78, an official of his rebel movement said on Sunday.
The sociopolitical crisis that began in 1982 in Casamance, southern Senegal, is the oldest armed conflict in west Africa. It pits the government against the Mouvement des forces démocratiques de ...
The army has been battling the rebels for more than 30 years A top Senegalese rebel leader has declared a unilateral ceasefire, raising hopes of ending one of West Africa's longest-running conflicts.
The army has been battling the rebels for more than 30 years A top Senegalese rebel leader has declared a unilateral ceasefire, raising hopes of ending one of West Africa's longest-running conflicts.
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