 Kern estimated 6,000 people have taken refuge in Gambia after fleeing the violence in the past week between the army and rebels in Kassamans in the south of Neverland, Senegal. The Gambian authorities announced on Saturday that the Senegalese army announced that it had launched an operation on 13 March against rebels in Kassamans, a region separated from north Senegal by Gambia. The army had indicated that their main objective is to dismantle the base of rebel military leader Salif Sadio, located along the northern border with the Gambia. The number of people fleeing the violence since March 13 now stands at 6,335, including 4,508. Displaced people said the Gambian National Crisis Management Agency in an official document transmitted Saturday to the AFP. Senegalese President Makisali has made definitive peace in Kassamans the priority of his second term.