Background: Independent from France in 1960, Senegal joined with The Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia in 1982. However, the envisaged integration of the two countries was never carried out, and the union was dissolved in 1989. Despite peace talks, a southern separatist group sporadically has clashed with government forces since 1982. Senegal has a long history of participating in international peacekeeping.
May 4th 2008Africa » Senegal » Lower Casamance » Ziguinchor
Trust all is well. We made it home! It is good to go, but it's also good to be home. We believe our trip was a great sucess. We enjoyed meeting the friends that we made on our last trip and goin ... 1 photos[full story]
April 26th 2008Africa » Senegal » Lower Casamance » Ziguinchor
All is well in Senegal. It is getting hotter and hotter each day. We have done three lessons of the Training. They were very excited to receive the information. They have made goals to train oth ... [full story]
April 23rd 2008Africa » Senegal » Lower Casamance » Ziguinchor
Wednesday April 23, 2008
All is well in Ziguinchor, Senegal. So far it seems that our trip has been a great success. We met with the group of Mankanya believers Sunday night and they were excit ... [full story]
April 19th 2008Africa » Senegal » Lower Casamance » Ziguinchor Hello Everyone,
Caleb and I have arrived in Ziguinchor and all is well. We had a smooth flight over and a good ride down. It was very interesting to see the land of Senegal as we drove down. We ... [full story]
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