Occasional fighting continued throughout 2007.¹ In December, the Presidential envoy in charge of the Casamance peace process was shot dead in an attack.²

In 2006, fighting increased in the Casamance, spanning the Guinea-Bissau and Gambia border regions.³ Guinea-Bissau’s forces joined with Senegalese armed forces to fight the rebels. Fighting also appeared to take place between rebel factions.⁴ At least two splinter groups from the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC)—that is, the Movement for the Liberation of the People of the Casamance (MLPC) and the Revolutionary Front for Social Equilibrium in Senegal (FPRES)—were involved in the fighting.⁵

According to a news report in April 2005, the level of violence was greatly reduced by the peace process.⁶ Most of the Casamance region was calm, with only isolated incidents of violence connected to criminals and rebels.⁷