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New arrivals from Casamance reported

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    News organisations in Banjul have reported that more people have been crossing into The Gambia from the Casamance, southern Senegal, following fighting between suspected members of the Mouvement des forces democratiques de Casamance (MFDC) and the Senegalese armed forces. The ‘Daily Observer’, a Banjul newspaper, reported an immigration spokesman as saying that, on 27 March, his department registered over 100 Casamance refugees who had crossed the border. The MFDC - which has been fighting since 1982 for self-determination for the Casamance - signed a two-tiered peace agreement with the government on 16 and 23 March.

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