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ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal (AP) - The Rev. Augustin Diamacoune Senghor, a rebel leader who fought for an independent state in Senegal's southern Casamance region for decades, has died. He was 78.
The Roman Catholic priest died Saturday night in France at Paris' Val de Grace hospital, where he had been treated for kidney problems since late October, Jean Marie Biagui, secretary-general of Senghor's Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance said Sunday.
He was not related to Leopold Sedar Senghor, Senegal's first president after the country gained independence from France in 1960.
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