Agreement
Senegal-MFDC peace agreement, 2025
Senegal and the MFDC concluded formal peace negotiations after more than four decades of conflict.
What happened
On 25 February 2025, Senegal and the MFDC signed a peace agreement in Bissau, mediated by Guinea-Bissau, concluding formal negotiations on the conflict.[1]
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Claim: On 25 February 2025, following three days of negotiations in Bissau mediated by Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, the Senegalese government, represented by Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, and the MFDC signed a peace agreement concluding formal negotiations on the more than four-decade conflict; the agreement followed a 2023 disarmament in which approximately 250 MFDC fighters surrendered their weapons, and was described as aimed at bringing stability and economic recovery to Senegal's southern Casamance region.
- Senegal signs historic peace deal with Casamance separatists (Africanews) link, Date, Parties and Significance sections. Source record