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Description
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A Senegalese shop owner sells the few goods that are available in the border town of Ziguinchor in the Casamance region between Senegal and Guinea Bissau in West Africa Rebels in Senegal s southern Casamance Cassamance province have been waging a bloody independence campaign against the central government in Dakar since 1982 The Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance MFDC has long used Senegal s southern neighbor Guinea Bissau as a launching pad for attacks inside Cassamance Guinea Bissau s former president Joao Bernardo Viera was accused of supplying the rebels with weapons until he was overthrown in a coup in May 1999 Photo by Ami Vitale |
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Keywords
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FISH, FISHING, MAURITANIA, SENEGAL, WEST, AFRICA, COASTAL, COAST, PORT, TRAWLER, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, FOOD, COMMERCE, EXPORT, OVERFISHING, BOAT, ECOSYSTEM, CONFLICT, WAR, ARMED, FORCES, MILITARY, SOLDIER, POVERTY, HEALTH, HOSPITAL, WEAPONS, GUNS, SHOP, SELL, GOODS, BUY, MUSLIM, ISLAM |
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