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Mine explosion kills three

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    Three people were killed and 20 others wounded after a lorry drove over a mine near Ziguinchor in Casamance, southern Senegal, AFP reported on Monday. Victims of the accident, which happened late on Sunday, were taken to hospital in Ziguinchor where many remained in a coma. The lorry was reportedly carrying a group of women travelling to the interior to pick mangoes, AFP reported. The separatist Mouvement des forces democratiques du Casamance (MFDC) has been fighting for an independent state in Casamance for some 18 years.

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