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Government and MFDC agree to talk

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    The Senegalese government and the Mouvement des Forces democratiques de Casamance (MFDC) are to hold peace talks on 16 December, media organisations reported. The decision was announced after a meeting on Thursday between the two sides. The peace talks will take place in Ziguinchor, the main town in Casamance, southern Senegal, according to a joint press statement delivered by General Mamadou Niang, a government spokesman. AFP said restoring peace, respecting an existing ceasefire and reintegrating internally displaced people (IDPs) are among the issues to be discussed. The decision came just two days after a clash in Casamance between soldiers and suspected members of the MFDC. Three people were killed and eight wounded. The MFDC has been fighting for two decades for independence for Casamance.

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