Some 100 delegates from various factions of the separatist Mouvement des Forces democratiques de Casamance (MFDC) agreed on Friday to hold negotiations with the Senegalese government, according to news reports.
In a communique issued at the end of a four-day meeting in Banjul, The Gambia, they also called on their fighters and the Senegalese army to cease hostilities immediately in Senegal’s southern area of Casamance, PANA reported.
The MFDC, which wants independence for Casamance, also called for the withdrawal of government troops from the area, news organisations said.
The meeting reappointed Reverend Augustin Diamacoune Senghor as leader of the MFDC. According to AFP, Diamacoune is to name delegates to two new MFDC bodies created to conduct national and international negotiations.
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