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Claim<\/strong>: A Facebook user shared photos<\/a> with claims that Senegalese military personnel were killed in a fresh attack by Casamance rebels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Verdict<\/strong>: Misleading! Two of the images showed old activities of the Senegalese army that took place in different locations and at different times. The last one is related to a recent killing that took place in Kenya. None of the images is related to any recent killing or a Casamance rebel\u2019s attack on the Senegalese army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Full Text<\/strong> Casamance is a Senegalese community near the border of the Gambia. The Casamance conflict<\/a> is an old conflict between the government of Senegal and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Senegal (MFDC), commonly referred to as the rebels. The conflict has been ongoing since December 1982<\/p>\n\n\n\n The conflict has lasted for about 40 years. However, following multiple peace agreements<\/a> brokered between 2022 and 2025, the region is considered more stable than in previous decades. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Although Bakary\u2019s claim has gained little attention on Facebook, it appeared to be resurrecting a sensitive occurrence that has led to loss of lives in the past. Verification<\/strong> For item A, as labelled in the collage, we traced the image to the dismantling of an illegal gold-mining site in Sekhoto on the banks of the Faleme River. The operation, carried out by the Senegalese military, took place on Nov. 9, 2024. We also found a similar story about the image here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We traced item B to the last Casamance incident, which occurred on March 13, 2022. As published by M\u00e9ridionale TV on YouTube<\/a> and Senego<\/a>, the image was taken when the Senegalese military appeared on the northern border of Casamance, following the deaths and hostage-taking of Senegalese soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bakary Jagne, a Facebook user with 29,000 followers, posted<\/a> a claim that the Casamance rebels have, again, attacked and killed Senegalese military officers.
He attached three photos collaged as one. Two of the images showed military officers on an operation inside a forest. The last one showed a supposedly dead soldier lying on the ground.
He wrote, \u201chighest military security forces in Casamance again. Another military officer has been killed by the Casamance rebels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the comment sections, many users believed the claim. Bakary Jagne<\/a> wrote, \u201cRIP\u201d
And another user, Fatoubintou Manneh<\/a>, reacted with a crying emoji.
DUBAWA conducted this verification due to the nature of the claim and its likelihood to contain falsehood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We conducted a keyword search to determine whether there has been any recent conflict between Senegalese soldiers and the members of the Movement of Democratic Forces for Casamance (rebels). Results showed there have been none recently.
As reported by DW<\/a>, the most recent fight between the two parties took place in 2022, when two Senegalese soldiers were killed while on a mission in Casamance, a neighborhood near Gambia.
We further disassembled the photo collage used in the claim and conducted a Google reverse image search on each image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/infochecked.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fb_img_17824758995209020710191495070046.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&ssl=1\")