🇸🇳 Senegal Health29 October 2026

54-year-old man dies after falling ill in Dakar

By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb

M. B. Bah, a 54-year-old Guinean trader living in Keur Massar, died after falling ill near the Malick Sy roundabout in Dakar on 29 October 2026. Taken to Abass Ndao Hospital, his body is due to undergo an autopsy and an investigation has been opened, Seneweb reports.

A 54-year-old man identified as M. B. Bah died after falling ill in a public place near the Malick Sy roundabout in Dakar on Thursday morning, 29 October, Seneweb reports. He had just got off a public transport bus and was on his way to work.

Firefighters took his body to Abass Ndao Hospital, where an autopsy is due to be carried out. The public prosecutor was informed and an investigation was opened.

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