FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda)
2 April 2008
There cannot be durable peace in the Casamance without the involvement of The Gambia and Guinea Bissau, said Mathias Bassene, the program officer of AECOM. AECOM is a US based organization that is working on the resolution of the protracted conflict in the Casamance.
Mr. Bassene made this statement, on Friday, at a sub regional workshop, held in Hotel Abuert in Ziguinchor. The workshop which sought the opinions of Civil Society Organisations was aimed at hammering out strategies that will push the peace process forward. Mathias said the US Embassy in Dakar wants to carry out some works in the Casamance, but it cannot do so in the absence of peace.
According to him, the US Embassy in Dakar had carried out some studies in the Casamance to establish the factors that are negating the peace process. He said the studies have also looked at the opportunities that exist on the ground to push the peace process forward. He said the US Embassy in Dakar wants to see an end to the conflict in Casamance.
AECOM is financed by USAID/Senegal to contribute to the resolution and transformation of the Casamance conflict by enabling key stakeholders to move the peace process forward. It aims to increase the capacity of key stakeholders to successfully carry out the peace process, facilitate the effective participation of Civil society in the peace process, and assist the Government of Senegal and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance to overcome obstacles to peace negotiations.
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