Reintegration: General Peace Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Senegal and MFDC
Implementations
Reintegration – 2005
There was no mention of the reintegration program.
Reintegration – 2006
In a news interview in October 2006, Koussaynobo Alphonse Diedhiou, coordinator of the National Agency for the Reconstruction of Casamance (ANRAC), said that “It is very difficult to realise a programme of demobilisation, disarmament and reintegration of the rebels, for example, without a peace process in place. There has not been a meeting between the MFDC and the government since 2004” (United Nations, 2006).1
- “No End to Region’s Longest-Running War,” United Nations Integrated Regional Information Networks, October 16, 2006.
Reintegration – 2007
According to an NGO report, as of March 2007 no attempt at reintegration had been made.2
- “Child Soldiers Global Report 2008,” Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, http://www.child-soldiers.org/global_report_reader.php?id=97.
Reintegration – 2008
There was no mention of the reintegration program.
Reintegration – 2009
There was no mention of the reintegration program.
Reintegration – 2010
There was no mention of the reintegration program.
Reintegration – 2011
In 2011, the press reported that “the demobilisation, disarmament and reinsertion of some 2,000 fightersÉ has never been carried out”.3 Around the same time, President Wade asked the government to design a national program for the social reintegration of former MFDC fighters.4
Reintegration – 2012
In his 2012 new year’s speech, Senegalese President Wade said he would facilitate the process of social reintegration of rebels after disarmament and demobilization.5
Reintegration – 2013
No developments observed this year.
Reintegration – 2014
No developments observed this year.