Military - note Senegal, in 5 editions.

as of 2021, Senegalese security forces continued continue to be engaged in a low-level counterinsurgency campaign in the southern Casamance region against various factions of the separatist Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance; Casamance (MDFC); while violent incidents have decreased since a tacit cease-fire was reached in 2012, the insurgency, which began in 1982, remains continued as of mid-2022 and remained one of longest running low-level conflicts in the world, claiming more than 5,000 lives and leaving another 60,000 displaced (2022)
note: in August 2022, a representative of the Senegalese Government and a leader of the MFDC signed an agreement in which the MFDC pledged to lay down its arms and work towards a permanent peace

despite limited resources, the FAS Senegalese military is considered to be a well-equipped, experienced, and professional military; it effective force; the military has a history tradition of non-interference in the country’s political process and good positive relations with civil authorities; it is experienced participates in foreign deployments and multinational exercises and has received considerable assistance from the French military, France, which maintains a military presence in Senegal, and the US, with smaller levels from country, as well as Germany, Spain, the UK, and the UK; US; the FAS’s military’s primary focuses are border, internal, and maritime security; it is closely watching also works with the civilian government in areas such as preventive healthcare, infrastructure development, environmental protection, and disaster response
Senegal's security concerns include the prevalence of multiple active terrorist groups across the region and political instability in neighboring Mali and Guinea and Guinea; Senegal has recently established new military and gendarmerie camps along its eastern border; it also works border with the government in areas such as preventive healthcare, infrastructure development, environmental protection, and disaster response
the Army is spread amongst seven military zones and organized into a mix of light infantry battalions and light armored reconnaissance squadrons, as well as airborne, special operations, and artillery battalions; the Gendarmerie includes mobile units, as well as the Presidential Guard (aka “The Red Guard”); the Navy is a small force of coastal patrol craft; in recent years it has acquired some modern platforms from France and Israel, including two offshore patrol vessels, to improve the Navy’s ability to patrol Senegal’s coastline and economic exclusion zone, conduct fisheries inspections, counter drug trafficking, and combat piracy; the Air Force is configured for supporting the ground forces and has a small number of light attack aircraft and helicopter gunships, as well as transport and reconnaissance aircraft Mali
Senegalese security forces have been engaged in a low-level counterinsurgency campaign in the southern Casamance region against various factions of the separatist Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MDFC) since 1982; the conflict is one of longest running low-level insurgencies in the World, having claimed more than 5,000 lives while leaving another 60,000 displaced; in May 2023, a faction of the MFDC agreed to a peace deal (2023) (2024)

despite limited resources, the Senegalese military is considered to be a well-equipped, experienced, and effective force; the military has a tradition of non-interference in the country’s political process and positive relations with civil authorities; it participates in foreign deployments and multinational exercises and has received assistance from France, which maintains a military presence in the country, as well as Germany, Spain, the UK, and the US; the military’s primary focuses are border, internal, responsible for both territorial defense and maritime internal security; it also works with assists the civilian government in areas such areas as preventive healthcare, infrastructure development, environmental protection, and disaster response
Senegal's security concerns response; key areas of focus for the military include a low-level insurgency in the prevalence of multiple active terrorist groups across country's south, maritime security, and securing the region border against smuggling and political instability in neighboring Mali Sahel-based Islamist insurgent groups affiliated with al-Qa'ida and Guinea; Senegal has recently established new the Islamic State; the military participates in foreign peacekeeping deployments and gendarmerie camps along multinational exercises; its eastern border with Mali closest security partner is France, which has long maintained a military presence in Senegal
Senegalese security forces have been engaged in a low-level counterinsurgency campaign in the southern Casamance region against various factions of the separatist Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MDFC) since 1982; the conflict is one of longest running low-level insurgencies in the World, having claimed more than 5,000 lives while leaving another 60,000 displaced; in May 2023, a faction recent years, nearly all of the MFDC MDFC factions have agreed to a peace deal (2024) cease hostilities (2025)