Casamance

A Senegalese man was killed and dosens of people, including 15 Spanish tourists, were robbed when armed men held up several vehicles in Senegal's troubled Casamance region, the authorities said Wednesday. "On Tuesday around 3 o'clock local time (1500 ...  

ZIGUINCHOR, 23 July 2008 - A man was executed during a robbery by rebels on a road in the southern Casamance region of Senegal on 22 July, the latest indication of resurgent violence in the restive province.  

"The Casamance conflict has overflowed Senegal's borders and it is imperative to involve foreign countries in settling it… to solve the problem internally ...  

The second part of the three-phase tournament involving 10 countries, including Togo, The Gambia, Cape Verde, the host country, Senegal, and Cote d’Ivoire ...  

ZIGUINCHOR, 8 May 2008 - Armed men claiming to represent the rebel group Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance attacked twenty villagers from Tampe 15 km east of the regional capital Ziguinchor on 7 May ...  

Three new ambassadors accredited to The Gambia and based in Dakar, Senegal, yesterday, presented their letters of credentials to President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh at State House, Banjul, to formally start their diplomatic assignments in the country.  

Higher prices are affecting every corner of Africa, from capitals to remote areas.  

Armed men, suspected to be members of the rebel Casamance Democratic Forces Movement (MFDC), exchanged fire with Senegalese government soldiers, injuring one soldier in the process. The confrontation took place between Tendieme and Kouteghor, about ...  

The car reportedly stolen from the Gambia and taken to Ziguinchor in neighbouring Senegal has been recovered, while the three suspects in the theft are said ...  

Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre Although confusion still reigns over the number of people internally displaced in Senegal’s Casamance region, ranging anywhere between 10,000 and 70,000 people, continuous return movements have been reported.  

A notice warning of mines in Agnak. Minefields present a significant obstacle to the return and reintegration of IDPs in southern Casamance. Martin Evans Although confusion still reigns over the number of people internally displaced in Senegal’s ...  

A joint communiqué was, yesterday, signed between the KMC and the Rufisqué Municipal Council in Senegal, at a ceremony held at the KMC Chambers.  

Banjul, Gambia - About 20 Dakar-bound passengers of Air Senegal were stra nded at the Banjul International Airport, Gambia, following the third cancellation of their flight, without any plausible reason, PANA was reliably informed here Monday ...  

Dakar, Senegal – The Chairman of Gambia’s I ndependent Electoral Commission (GIEC), Mustapha L. Carayol, is headed for Zimbabwe to join the African Union ( AU) team of observers for the country’s 29 June presidential run-off, his office said ...  

Gambia held Senegal to a 0-0 draw in the 2010 World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in Banjul.