Casamance

Proper noun

Meaning

A river in West Africa.

A region of Senegal located south of The Gambia, with the above river running through it.

Examples

Despite peace talks, a separatist group in the southern Casamance region has sporadically clashed with government forces since 1982. Source: Internet

Despite peace talks, a southern separatist group in the Casamance region has clashed sporadically with government forces since 1982. Source: Internet

Ethnic and religious differences between the two regions, as well as a sense of economic and political marginalisation from the rest of the country, led to the rise of an independence movement in Casamance in 1982. Source: Internet

Olga Linares de Sapir, « Shell middens of lower Casamance and problems of Diola protohistory », West African Journal of Archaeology'', Oxford University Press, Ibadan, 1971, vol. Source: Internet

The communiqué revealed planned attacks against Guinea from its borders with Guinea Bissau and the Casamance region of Senegal. Source: Internet

He had his first stop in Casamance in a village called Tamba Kunda where he gathered some funds and continued his journey. Source: Internet

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