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On 21 December 2011, Senegal media reported that 12 soldiers were killed in Senegal's Casamance region following a separatist rebel attack on an army base near the town of Bignona. [32] Three soldiers were killed during a clash 50 kilometers (31 mi) north of Ziguinchor. The Senegalese government blamed the conflict on separatists in the region ...
The Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (French: Mouvement des forces démocratiques de Casamance; MFDC) is the main separatist movement in the Casamance region of Senegal, founded in 1982. It was supported by Guinea-Bissau President João Bernardo Vieira until he was overthrown in 1999. It relies mainly on the Jola people.
Senegal intervened in the Guinea-Bissau civil war in 1998 at the request of former President Vieira. [3] A Senegalese contingent deployed on a peacekeeping mission to the Central African Republic in 1997. In 2017, Senegal deployed troops into the Gambia to support newly elected President Adama Barrow, an action legally justified by UN ...
Security forces in Senegal have killed at least three people, including a 16-year-old boy, during protests in recent days denouncing the president's decision to delay elections, Amnesty ...
The number of people killed in days of clashes between Senegalese police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has now risen to 15, including two security officers, the government said ...
The Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa (French: Forum International de Dakar sur la Paix et la Sécurité en Afrique) or simply Dakar International Forum, is an international conference launched by the governments of France and Senegal in 2013 during the Elysée Summit. Held annually, it has brought together heads of ...
Wikipedia: WikiProject Library of Congress Country Studies/Senegal/Peace corps book
Senegal: MFDC: Low level ongoing. MFDC declares a unilateral ceasefire. [1] Mauritania–Senegal Border War (1989–1991) Senegal FLAM Mauritania: Indecisive. Peace agreement, end of skirmishes. First Liberian Civil War (1990–1993) Liberia ULIMO ECOMOG: NPFL INPFL: Withdrawal. Senegalese withdrawal by 1993. Guinea-Bissau Civil War [2] (1998 ...