Ziguinchor, Senegal

Mangroves, one of the world’s richest ecosystems, are declining in Casamance, southern Senegal, and thinning forests spurred the Senegal-based...

Mayors from Senegal and The Gambia have agreed to set up a federated framework for peace between the two countries and the sub-region as a whole....

The soaring price of cashew nuts in Senegal’s restive southern region Casamance is lining the pockets of armed rebels according to Ismaïla Diédhiou,...

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...

Civilians are growing increasingly desperate to return to their villages in Casamance, but with violent incidents continuing and the peace process...

Two soldiers were killed and two others injured on 20 May when their army patrol in the Casamance region was attacked by armed men allegedly from the...

Armed men claiming to represent the rebel group Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) attacked twenty villagers from Tampe 15 km east of...

The Association of landmines' victimes in Ziguinchor stands up for the rights of landmine victims.One man was killed and 20 passengers injured when a...

In the midst of a simmering conflict that has endured for almost two decades in Casamance in southern Senegal and with peace talks suspended since...

Rebels belonging to the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) kidnapped 16 villagers in Bissine, 64 km east of Ziguinchor near the...