Cease Fire – 2011

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Cease Fire – 2011

2011

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A news report from 2011 stated that despite a number of cease fires, renewed violence “over the past year” had occurred.1 Negotiations were hampered by the MFDC splitting into various factions.2 Levels of violence in the Casamance increased in 2011, and an estimated 83 people were killed as a result of the Casamance conflict.3 According to a news report, negotiations between the government and the various political and military factions of the MFDC were deadlocked.4

  1. “Senegal Opposition Searching for Consensus Candidate,” States News Service, May 17, 2011.
  2. “Ex-soldiers march for peace in Senegal’s Casamance,” Agence France Presse, February 1, 2011.
  3. “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011 — Senegal,” U.S. Department of State, May 24, 2012, http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2011humanrightsreport/index.htm?dli….
  4. “Demined land handed back to locals in Senegal’s Casamance,” Agence France Presse, March 12, 2011.