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Senegal: Senegal-MFDC Scuffle Forces 100s in Dire Situation
The Point, 17 March 2022
Hundreds of internally displaced Gambians across the Fonis near the Gambia-Cassamance borders are in need of humanitarian assistance amid scuffle between the Senegalese military… Read more »
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Senegal: Army Launches Operation Against Southern Casamance Rebels
RFI, 14 March 2022
The Senegal army has launched a military operation against rebels in the southern Casamance region, the chief of staff said in a statement issued on Sunday. Read more »
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Gambia: Barrow Pledges D5 Million for Displaced Persons in the Fonis
The Point, 15 March 2022
Her Excellency the Vice President Dr. Isatou Touray, yesterday announced that His Excellency President Adama Barrow has pledged D5 million for the Internally Displaced Persons… Read more »
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Senegal: Casamance - Sant'egidio Calls for the End of Military Operations and a Willingness to Negotiate
Agenzia Fides, 16 March 2022
"We are deeply concerned about the armed conflict that is currently taking place in northern Casamance", declares the Community of Sant'Egidio, which for years has acted as a… Read more »
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Senegal: Army Offensive in South of Country Displaces Thousands
VOA, 17 March 2022
Senegal's army has launched a new offensive aimed at dismantling a separatist rebel group in the country's southern region, causing more than 2,000 people to flee. The military… Read more »
Senegal Launches Military Operation Against Casamance Militants
The Senegal army has launched a military operation against rebels in the southern Casamance region, the Chief of Staff Cheikh Wade said in a statement.
The Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) - though split into several factions with one headed by Salif Sadio - has led a low-intensity separatist conflict in southern Senegal since 1982 - a conflict that has claimed several thousand lives.
Given its proximity to The Gambia, several communities and villages - particularly those of Foni Bondali, Foni Kansala and Foni Bintang Karanai Districts - were affected by sounds of heavy gunfire, amid reports that shells had landed in these Gambian border villages.
Casamance was under Portuguese rule for several hundred years until it was ceded to colonial France in 1888. It became part of Senegal after the country gained independence in 1960.
The region, which has a distinct culture and language, is separated geographically from the rest of Senegal by the Gambia River.
Senegalese soldiers on patrol in Senegal launches military operation against Casamance (file photo).
