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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>AFP \u2013 Dakar \u2013 Senegal\u2019s army said on Wednesday that it had \u201ctotally destroyed\u201d several rebel bases belonging to southern separatists, with one soldier killed and eight wounded in the military operation.<\/p>\n

On 13 March, the army announced that it had launched an operation in the Casamance region of the country, aiming to dismantle bases of Salif Sadio\u2019s rebel MFDC faction.<\/p>\n

The Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) has led a low-intensity separatist conflict in southern Senegal since 1982, which has claimed several thousand lives. However, the Casamance conflict had mostly lain dormant until Senegal launched a major offensive last year designed to drive out the rebels.<\/p>\n

In a clash on 24 January, four Senegalese soldiers were killed and seven were captured alive and taken across the border to The Gambia. The rebels released the hostages the following month.<\/p>\n

On Wednesady, the army stated that it \u201ctotally destroyed or occupied\u201d rebel bases in several areas of Casamance. One Senegalese soldier was killed in the latest operation and eight were wounded, it added.<\/p>\n

Several rebels were also killed, the army said without specifying a number, while others fled leaving behind arms and materiel. \u201cThese criminal gangs will be hunted down to their last entrenchments, inside the national territory and everywhere else,\u201d the army said.<\/p>\n

Recent fighting in Casamance has sent inhabitants of border villages in the tiny river state of The Gambia fleeing further inland. The Gambia\u2019s government vowed last week that it would neither allow its territory to \u201cbe used as a launching pad nor allow anyone to enter the country with arms and ammunition\u201d.<\/p>\n

Casamance rebels, who are accused of trafficking timber and cannabis, have traditionally sought refuge in The Gambia or Guinea-Bissau, which also borders Senegal.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Gambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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