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Conflict● Elevated31m ago · Nov 12, 2026, 7:08 AM

'These lands were ours': Casamance, scarred by years of separatist struggle, threatened by land conflicts

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Jeune Afrique · Sub-Saharan Africa

Villages deserted at the height of the conflict are slowly repopulating in the south of the country. But this return unearths old tensions related to land cultivation. Report.

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