Members of the Senegalese Armed Forces take up position outside a recently captured Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) rebel base in Blaze Forest on February 9, 2021. - The conflict in Casamance, which is separated from the rest of Senegal by The Gambia, has claimed thousands of lives since it first broke out in 1982. The army launched an operation on January 26, 2021 to "secure" the region and took hold of several bases from the MFDC rebels, including one of their main and historical bases in the Blaze Forest. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP)