Ziguinchor: Demolition Underway at the MFDC Headquarters, “Mangoukouro”

The National Gendarmerie began demolishing “Mangoukouro,” the headquarters of the political wing of the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC), on Tuesday. The site is in the Lyndiane Coboda neighborhood on the outskirts of Ziguinchor. Gendarmes supervised the work and secured the area as residents and onlookers watched in a relatively calm atmosphere. Authorities had not explained the reasons or details of the operation, and no clashes or major incidents had been reported.