Senegal increases funding for demining efforts in Casamance region
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President Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal directed his government to increase financial resources for the Centre National d’Action Antimines au Sénégal (CNAMS), as part of the Plan Diomaye for the Casamance region.
Faye views the Casamance region, which includes the administrative areas of Ziguinchor, Kolda, and Sédhiou, as strategically important for Senegal’s national development agenda and economic recovery.
The President instructed the Prime Minister, the Minister of Economy, Finance and Planning, and the Minister of African Integration, Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad to ensure this increase in funding. This will allow CNAMS to improve the security of targeted villages and agricultural production sites. Faye also emphasized the need to establish public services in border areas and improve basic infrastructure.
He specifically mentioned the need to strengthen resources allocated to the PUMA and the ANRAC, though the article does not specify what these organizations are. To oversee these changes, the Prime Minister will lead an interministerial meeting to evaluate and relaunch the Plan Diomaye for the Casamance region.
