Senegalese army captures rebel bases in fresh offensive

Ziguinchor, Senegal (AFP) June 14, 2021

Senegal's army said Monday that it has captured several rebel bases in the West African state's southern Casamance region, as part of a fresh push against separatists launched last month. Lieutenant-Colonel Mathieu Diogaye Sene, a commander in the region, said that two soldiers were wounded in the operations on the border with Guinea-Bissau which began on May 31. Sene did not specify wh