Rebellion endangers Senegal's stability Alienated south's fight puts slow progress at risk

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: October 12, 1997| Author: JAMES RUPERT | Copyright information

As the rainy season nears its end, this stretch of coastal West Africa is bursting with green. Seen from an arriving airplane, the Casamance River meanders across a plain of mangrove, banana and palm forests, rice paddies and village garden plots.

But on the ground, the vision of Eden darkens.

Around many villages at Senegal's southern edge, the green consists of weeds creeping over abandoned fields and paths. Hamlets and rural markets stand lifeless, except for Senegalese so...

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