Astou Pierre case: Alioune Badara Gaye charged with murder and jailed in Dakar
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
Alioune Badara Gaye, the former partner of Astou Pierre Ndiaye, was charged with murder and remanded in custody on 9 November 2026 by the senior investigating judge in Dakar, after his extradition from Mauritania. The victim, a cashier doused with acid on 23 June, died on 1 October of a pulmonary embolism, according to Libération and Dakarposte. The investigation continues to find the alleged accomplice, the scooter driver.
Alioune Badara Gaye was charged with murder and remanded in custody on Monday 9 November 2026 by the senior investigating judge of the Dakar High Court (hors classe), Senego reports. He had been extradited from Mauritania, where he had taken refuge after the attack.
The victim, Astou Pierre Ndiaye, a cashier at the bar-restaurant Le Fourgon in Sicap Karack, was reportedly doused with acid in the face by her former partner on 23 June, according to Libération and Dakarposte. Several colleagues who tried to intervene were injured. Hospitalised at Fann University Hospital, she died on 1 October 2026 of a pulmonary embolism, after several months of treatment. The suspect also reportedly sent her death threats by telephone during her hospitalisation, and a security guard had been posted outside her room.
The investigation continues to find the alleged accomplice, described as the driver of the scooter that reportedly brought him to the scene.
The charge follows the referral of the ex-partner to prosecutors in Dakar for murder on 6 November, and his arrest in Mauritania, announced on 31 October.
