Separatists' Rebellion in Senegal Flares Anew; Regional War Complicates West African Nation's Struggle to Pull Itself Out of Poverty From: The Washington Post | Date: October 4, 1997| Author: James Rupert | Copyright 1997 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.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 soldie...

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