Senegal: At least two dead in pre-election tensions
Unrest has been reported in other parts of the capital, as well as in Ziguinchor, in Casamance. Clashes between youths and police killed two people […]
Casamance
Operation in Casamance: Gambians flee the border area
Dozens of Gambians arrived in Bujinha this week fleeing the border area with Senegal, which has launched an operation against Casamance separatists entrenched on the […]
Senegal announces operation against rebellion in Casamance
The Senegalese army announced that it had launched an operation against rebels in Casamance, the scene of an old conflict in the south of the […]
Gambia: Seven Senegalese soldiers released by Casamance rebels
Rebels in the southern Senegalese town of Casamance freed seven Senegalese soldiers on Monday across the border from Gambia where they had been holding captive […]
Guinea-Bissau: Shots heard in the capital
A week after the attack on the government palace, gunfire was heard this Monday morning in Bissau. It seems that a private radio station was […]
Gambia: Two Senegalese soldiers of the ECOWAS contingent killed
Two Senegalese soldiers of the ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia (Ecomig) and a suspected Casamance rebel were killed Monday in a clash in western Gambia, […]
Senegalese youth presented their grievances at a presidential Council
How to improve employment and integration of young people in Senegal? This was the question discussed all day on Thursday 22 April during a presidential […]
Chinese vessels detained off Senegal for illegal fishing
Seven Chinese trawlers were arrested off the coast of Casamance in the southwest of Senegal for illegal fishing activities in the West African nation’ waters, […]