Status verified as of 22 September 2026. Political positions change; this explainer describes the documented position on that date.
Current position
Casamance remains a region of Senegal. On 25 February 2025, Senegal and the MFDC signed a peace agreement formally concluding negotiations on the conflict, marking the resolution of one of Africa's longest-running internal conflicts as of the sources reviewed.[1]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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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
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