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Senegal signs peace accord with separatist rebels

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The Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance and Senegal's government sign a peace deal. The conflict in Casamances has spanned 40 years and claimed thousands of lives. The most recent flare-up began in January and involved the killing of four Senegalese soldiers. Thousands fled from their villages to seek safety in tiny Gambia.

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Senegal signs peace accord with separatist rebels

Senegal’s government has signed a peace agreement with separatist rebels from the southern Casamance region that aims to end more than four decades of conflict. Senegal President Macky Sall announced the agreement, which was signed Thursday in Guinea Bissau between…

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Senegal signs peace accord with separatist rebels

Senegal’s government has signed a peace agreement with separatist rebels from the southern Casamance region that aims to end more than four decades of conflict

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Senegal signs peace accord with separatist rebels

Senegal’s government has signed a peace agreement with separatist rebels from the southern Casamance region that aims to end more than four decades of conflict

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Senegal signs peace accord with separatist rebels

By BABACAR DIONE Associated PressDAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s government has signed a peace agreement with separatist rebels from the southern Casamance region that aims to end more than four decades of conflict. Senegal President Macky Sall announced the agreement, which was signed Thursday in Guinea Bissau between government officials and the Provisional Committee of Political and Combatant Wings of the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casa…

2 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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Senegal signs peace deal with rebels in country’s south

BISSAU: Senegal signed an agreement on Thursday with rebels from the country’s south who pledged to lay down their arms and work toward a permanent peace in the home of one of Africa’s oldest active rebellions. Rebel leader Cesar Atoute Badiate, head of a unit of the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC), and an emissary of Senegalese President Macky Sall signed the peace deal in Guinea-Bissau. Sall had made a “definitive peace” in t…

2 years ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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