Casamance : The day after the attack in the Palmier Valley, the army counterattack

On the morning of Wednesday, Senegalese army units launched a large-scale security operation in the Palmier Valley, in the commune of Djinaky, north-west of the Bignona department, following an attack on the previous day by armed individuals who looted several shops, including mobile phones. Long considered a sensitive area during the most critical periods of the conflict in Casamance, the Palmier Valley had enjoyed a relative lull for several d…