General information
Type of Incompatibility: Not applicable
Date of first battle related death: 1990-05-31
Date of conflict reached 25 battle releated deaths: 1992-10-26
Comment on conflict reached 25 battle releated deaths: MFDC first became active as a one-sided actor in UCDP data in 1992, when one-sided violence resulted in over 25 civilian deaths. The threshold was reached in October that year, when MFDC rebels attacked a fishing village, close to the tourist destination Cap Skirring, killing around 30 people, the majority of which were from northern Senegal.
Annual information
This section contains annual information systematically collected by the UCDP.
1990
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 20 |
| Best | 19 |
| Low | 19 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1991
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 17 |
| Best | 16 |
| Low | 16 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1992
Primary Parties: MFDC - Civilians
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 67 |
| Best | 51 |
| Low | 51 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1993
Primary Parties: MFDC - Civilians
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 59 |
| Best | 49 |
| Low | 49 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1995
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 28 |
| Best | 24 |
| Low | 24 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1996
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 2 |
| Best | 2 |
| Low | 2 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1997
Primary Parties: MFDC - Civilians
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 43 |
| Best | 39 |
| Low | 39 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1998
Primary Parties: MFDC - Civilians
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 56 |
| Best | 56 |
| Low | 56 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1999
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 6 |
| Best | 6 |
| Low | 6 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2000
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 10 |
| Best | 6 |
| Low | 6 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2001
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 14 |
| Best | 14 |
| Low | 14 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2009
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 9 |
| Best | 9 |
| Low | 9 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2010
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 3 |
| Best | 3 |
| Low | 3 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2011
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 12 |
| Best | 12 |
| Low | 12 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2012
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 0 |
| Best | 0 |
| Low | 0 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2018
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 14 |
| Best | 14 |
| Low | 14 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
Conflict Archive
This section contains annual information no longer systematically collected by the UCDP.
1990 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
1991 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
1992 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: In 1992 MFDC attacks against civilians reaped more than 25 victims. All of the attacks were perpetrated during the latter half of the year. One large-scale attack accounted for the bulk of the casualties; the massacre of over 30 people in a fishing village in the district of Oussouye in Ziguinchor region. The village was inhabited by people from the north and the centre of the country who moved to the south for seasonal fishing. Other targets included politicians known for their opposition to the independence movement. To mark the 10th anniversary of the independence struggle the rebels staged several attacks in the provincial capital of Casamance, Ziguinchor.
Terminated: NO
1993 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: The MFDC continued to target civilians up until the signing of the ceasefire agreement between the MFDC and the Senegalese government in July. Once the agreement was in place there were no more one-sided attacks.
The most severe incident occurred on the day of the presidential election on 21 February when a truck carrying voters of the ruling Socialist Party hit a landmine and 20 people were killed. Several other attacks were committed on the day of the election. The MFDC had vowed to stop all political activity in the region and polling was cancelled in some Casamance villages.
Terminated: NO
1995 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: In June 1995 the MFDC officially announced that it was no longer bound by the ceasefire agreement with the government from 1993. Even before this, the MFDC had resumed its campaign of one-sided violence against civilians. In March the inhabitants of the village of Boutoupa were forced to abandon their homes and those who refused were killed. Other incidents during the year included small-scale attacks on fishermen, members of the Manjak tribe and community leaders accused of being to close to the Senegalese administration.
Terminated: NO
1996 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
1997 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: The MFDC violence against civilians in 1997 again reached the threshold of more than 25 victims. The attacks took place during the latter half of the year. In one incident, teenagers were having a night party in the village of Djibinor when gunmen raided the group and killed nine. In another severe attack the fishing village of Diogue was raided and 11 villagers, there among women and children, were killed.
Terminated: NO
1998 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: In 1998 the MFDC continued to target civilians in the Casamance province. The one-sided violence mainly consisted of small-scale attacks on villagers when rebels were raiding villages in the search for food. Other targets included fishermen.
Terminated: NO
1999 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
2000 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
2001 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
2009 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
2010 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
2011 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
2012 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
2018 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
