23-year-old worker drowns in HLM canal in Dakar, investigation opened
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
A 23-year-old worker, O. Baldé, drowned on Wednesday 4 November 2026 in the HLM corniche canal in Dakar after going down to retrieve a ball, according to initial witness accounts. The public prosecutor's office was notified and an investigation has been opened to establish the circumstances of the tragedy.
A worker aged about 23, O. Baldé, drowned on Wednesday 4 November 2026 in the HLM corniche canal in Dakar, Senego reports. Firefighters recovered the body with the help of the technical services of the HLM town hall and the National Sanitation Office of Senegal (ONAS). The public prosecutor's office was notified and an investigation has been opened to establish the circumstances of the tragedy.
According to initial witness accounts cited by Senegalese outlet Kawtef, the worker went down into the canal to retrieve a ball belonging to young people before getting into difficulty. He was part of the sanitation team of the company DELTA/SA, mobilised on a repair site led by ONAS.
The death brings to at least two the number of workers who have died in about ten days in Dakar and its surroundings, after the collapse of a building in Thiès on 27 October.
