Guinea-Bissau: ICRC Annual Report 2012
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 1 July 2013 The capture by a faction of the Mouvement des Forces Démocratiques de Casamance (MFDC) of eight Senegalese nationals, including six soldiers, at the end of 2011 prompted over two months of military operations, during which over 150 people were displaced within the country and more than 650 sought refuge in Gambia. In otherwise abandoned villages, some homes were looted. The fighting subsided in the second half of the year as the newly elected Senegalese government and the MFDC established contact; the captives were released in December. While the calm allowed Read the full article…