The physical and moral suffering undergone by the valiant people of Casamance is incalculable and, as usual, it is the women and children who pay the highest price. From their position as victims, women have decided to become committed agents of peace, says Ndeye Marie Thiam.
Les souffrances physiques et morales subies par les vaillantes populations de la région naturelle de Casamance sont incalculables, et ce sont, comme d’habitude, les femmes et les enfants qui payent le plus lourd tribut. De victimes, les femmes ont décidé d’être des actrices résolues de la paix, di
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Why has the Arab Spring so far failed to spread south of the Sahara – and should some African leaders be looking over their shoulders?
Vingt ans de conflit ont détruit le tissu social en Casamance. Le seul mode de rétablir la sécurité et d’éradiquer la famine dans une zone qui fut considérée autrefois comme le grenier du Sénégal c’est de demander aux agricultrices, dit Tabara Ndiaye
Twenty years of conflict has destroyed the social fabric of Casamance. The only way to re-instate security and eradicate famine in an area once known as the bread-basket of Senegal is to ask the women farmers, says Tabara Ndiaye
After a quarter century of armed conflict, and a socio-economic fabric reduced to shreds, women in Casamance, Senegal, are winning the right to access land and rebuild peace, says Fatou Guèye
En Janvier 2011, la Cour constitutionnelle au Sénégal a jugé que le président Abdoulaye Wade, à l'origine élu au pouvoir en 2000, pourrait briguer un troisième mandat. Wade,
It is the people that must defeat Abdoulaye Wade, not the political leaders who he sees as his primary opposition. Political leaders have no place in the streets, the battle for democracy belongs to the people themselves, says, Aissatou Cissé
