Senegal’s troubled Casamance region hopes for peace with rise of local boy to PM

For centuries, the region’s location has fostered its isolation. Casamance is linked to the rest of southern Senegal by its eastern border, but its entire northern border runs alongs the Gambia, the roughly rectangular, English-speaking country that bisects Senegal. Unlike the rest of Muslim-majority Senegal, Casamance’s population is predominantly Christian.