First Independent Mena Newspaper
Senegal has officially ended one of Africa’s oldest conflicts with the signing of a peace agreement between the government and the separatist Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC). The agreement, brokered by Guinea-Bissau’s president Umaro Sissoco Embalo, brings a historic conclusion to the 40-year-long low-key struggle for independence by Casamance rebels in the southern […]
The signing of a peace agreement between Senegal and rebels in Casamance is “an important step” towards ending the nearly 40-year conflict in the southern region of Senegal, a mediator said. Under the peace deal signed in neighboring Guinea-Bissau last week between Senegal and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC), the Casamance rebels […]