The Casamance conflict is a long-running, low-level war fought between the Senegalese government and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC). Despite spanning more than 33 years, the ...

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 ...

ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal (Reuters) - When he took office in 2000, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade promised to end decades of separatist rebellion in his country's southern Casamance region within his ...

Senegal's army said on Tuesday that it had "totally destroyed" several rebel bases belonging to southern separatists, with one soldier killed and eight wounded in the military operation. On March 13, ...

Feb 25 (Reuters) - An on-off low-level rebellion in Senegal's Casamance region, now entering its fourth decade, is one of Africa's longest-running insurgencies. An often dormant conflict has picked up ...

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DAKAR (Reuters) – Separatist rebels in the south of Senegal released eight prisoners on Sunday in a first positive result from renewed peace talks seeking to end a three-decade-old, low-intensity ...

GENEVA - More than 2,200 people have fled to Gambia in the past few days following an upsurge of fighting in the neighbouring Senegalese province of Casamance, according to the UN refugee agency, ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 1 June 2001 Tensions in Senegal's ...

Casamance was once a popular tourist destination but a long separatist conflict has taken its toll Thirteen people have been killed in an attack in the restive southern Senegalese region of Casamance.

(Reuters) - An on-off low-level rebellion in Senegal's Casamance region, now entering its fourth decade, is one of Africa's longest-running insurgencies. An often dormant conflict has picked up in ...