Senegal signs peace deal with rebel faction
A Senegalese marine commando provides security as a medical evacuation helicopter takes off during training on the final day of exercise Flintlock 2019 near Po, Burkina Faso, Feb. 26, 2019. Approximately 2,000 service members from more than 30 African and western partner nations participated in Flintlock 2019 at multiple locations in Burkina Faso and a key outstation in Mauritania. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mary S. Katzenberger)
Senegal has signed a a new peace deal with a rebel separatist group which is located in the country’s south.
According to The Associated Press, Senegalese Prime Minster Ousmane Sonko announced the agreement between the government and the rebels on February 24.
The conflict with The Movement of Democratic Forces Of Casamance, one of the longest-running in the region, begun in the early 1980’s.
The Associated Press
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