Past peace deals have failed to end the fighting in the Casamance region, which is separated from the rest of Senegal by the nation of Gambia and has historically suffered from lower development ...

Casamance, separated from northern Senegal by Gambia, is the site of one of Africa's oldest conflicts, which began in 1982 and has claimed thousands of lives while harming the region's economy.

For over 40 years, Senegal’s Casamance region – a strip south of The Gambia – has been the primary source of illegally traded rosewood. The region has been embroiled in an insurgency between the ...

For over 40 years, Senegal’s Casamance region – a strip south of The Gambia – has been the primary source of illegally traded rosewood. The region has been embroiled in an insurgency between ...

Illegal logging in Africa costs the continent up to $17 billion annually. A high global demand for African hardwood fuels this environmental crime. By value and by volume, rosewood is the most ...

Laws and policies against illicit logging exist, but sustainable solutions should also consider the many benefits of ecotourism. Illegal logging in Africa costs the continent up to $17-billion ...

But achieving a definitive resolution to the Casamance conflict requires a holistic ... and military cooperation with Gambia and Guinea-Bissau. Because of their geographical position, the two ...

Casamance is also geographically separated from the rest of the country by The Gambia. People had been eagerly waiting to express themselves at the ballot box, Sane said. "Everyone was telling ...

For decades, timber has been smuggled by men like him from southern Senegal’s Casamance region into The Gambia to then be shipped to China. One of the most sought-after species is rosewood.

Ethnically and geologically a single region, Casamance and southern Gambia are rightly famous among birdwatchers in the know. They’re bounded by the mighty West African Gambia and the Casamance ...

The lack of bridges straddling the Gambia River had also exacerbated a sense of regional divide, with residents of the southern Casamance region, Senegal’s food basket, blaming the government in ...

The vast Casamance forest region in Senegal is known ... mainly to China via neighbouring Gambia. Clashes with the fighters have killed several people this year.