Senegal’s government has signed an agreement with separatist rebels to bring peace in its southern region, where an armed rebellion has been raging for over 40 years over calls for independence ...

Casamance was once a popular tourist destination but a long separatist conflict has taken its toll Thirteen people have been killed in an attack in the restive southern Senegalese region of ...

Dakar, Senegal — A court in Senegal on Monday sentenced a fugitive rebel leader and two other men to life in prison for murder and armed insurrection over a massacre that claimed 14 lives.

An on-off low-level rebellion in Senegal's Casamance region, now entering its fourth decade, is one of Africa's longest-running insurgencies. Skip to main content. Exclusive news, ...

A group of European tourists have been robbed and sexually assaulted while driving through the Casamance region of southern Senegal, officials say. Armed men stopped the car as it was in the town ...

Casamance has seen a long-running conflict between the Senegalese government and rebel groups, which want independence. This unrest in Senegal's coastal region of Casamance has been ongoing since ...

The Senegalese army launched an operation Tuesday in Casamance a day after seven soldiers were killed in a firefight with suspected separatists. The army also said that the rebels are more heavily ...

Tensions in Senegal's troubled Casamance Province continue to drive people into neighbouring Gambia. This week, more than 200 refugees arrived in villages along Gambia's southern border with Senegal.

Guinea-Bissau is getting involved in fighting among rival factions of Senegal's Casamance rebellion, leading to fears the long simmering, low-level conflict, could ignite on a new front.

The Casamance conflict is a long-running, low-level war fought between the Senegalese government and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC). Despite spanning more than 33 years, the ...

Thirteen youths were killed on Saturday by "armed elements" in the Casamance region of southern Senegal, an area ravaged by armed conflict for more than three decades, a security source said.

Casamance was once a popular tourist destination but a long separatist conflict has taken its toll Thirteen people have been killed in an attack in the restive southern Senegalese region of ...