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Senegalese soldiers take over a rebel army base -- one of several officials say it captured in the southern Casamance region. One of Africa's oldest ongoing conflicts, the fighting in Casamance has claimed thousands of lives since it first broke out in December 1982. IMAGES
The first of nine Senegalese army veterans, aged 85 to 96 who fought for France, arrive in Dakar after the French state dropped a condition stipulating that they must live in France for half the year or lose their French army pension. Following the decision in January, the veterans can now return home for good and continue receiving their monthly allowance of 950 euros ($1,000). IMAGES
In the streets of Dakar, Senegal's capital, the police patrol the streets, following calls to protest by the country's opposition ahead of parliamentary elections. Rubble burns in the street as heavily clad police officers patrol and crowds can be seen tentatively gathering. IMAGES
Separatist rebels from Senegal's southern Casamance region hand over seven recently captured Senegalese soldiers in The Gambia. The soldiers are taken across the border to an area near the Gambian village of Bajagar, where officials from the Gambian government and the West African regional bloc ECOWAS wait for them. IMAGES
US State Department spokesman Ned Price says the missiles fired by Yemen rebel at the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabiaas show a "troubling escalation" and calls for a ceasefire and to engage in a "inclusive UN-led peace process". SOUNDBITE
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