May 13. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The European Union has applauded this Saturday the progress it is perceiving in the talks between the Senegalese government and one of the last rebel factions in the southern region of Casamanza to put an end once and for all to one of the longest conflicts in history. recent from the African country.
With the signing on March 10 of the preliminary agreement between the Senegalese government and the Diakaye faction of the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamanza (MFDC), which entailed the handing over of the weapons of this formation, the country “has taken a historic step towards a lasting peace in the region”.
The Government of Senegal signed a peace agreement last year with the main organization of the separatist group, which in 1982 led one of the largest independence rebellions in Africa. Although he had virtually disappeared since the 2014 truce, he had maintained active cells and had claimed responsibility for several attacks against Senegalese security forces since then.
The EU warns, however, that the separatist tension in the north of Casamanza has not ended and has called for the dialogue to continue “to allow other factions to lay down their arms with dignity and for the entire region to live in peace.”
