Senegalese and Gambian commissions identify old border markers
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Foroyaa
The border commissions of Senegal and The Gambia are meeting to identify markers set during the previous demarcation, rather than redraw the border. Gambian farmers have been reassured about their land, Foroyaa reports, and calls for more public information on the bilateral work.
The border commissions of Senegal and The Gambia are identifying the old pillars installed when their border was demarcated, without carrying out a new demarcation, the Gambian newspaper Foroyaa reports. The Gambian authorities have told farmers they should not fear losing their cultivated land.
Foroyaa says the commissions should explain their work publicly, through statements to the media or press conferences. The newspaper says it intends to approach the chair of the Gambian commission to clarify the scope of these operations.
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