By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
Alioune Badara Gaye, 39, the former partner of Astou Pierre, the 43-year-old cashier doused with acid in June in Dakar, was brought before the public prosecutor at the Dakar court of major jurisdiction on 6 November 2026. Prosecuted for murder and acts of barbarism, he admitted the facts at his hearing, according to Seneweb cited by Senego.
The Mombasa court is due on 6 November 2026 to hand down the sentence of Paul Mackenzie, leader of the apocalyptic sect convicted along with 28 accomplices of murdering 190 children and one adult between 2021 and 2023, in the "Shakahola forest massacre". The defence has announced an appeal, and Mackenzie faces the death penalty, according to Seneweb.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Seneweb ·
US prosecutors have charged Muhamed Dièye, a 35-year-old Senegalese based in Dallas, and thirteen other people with bank fraud and identity theft, according to a 39-page case file cited by Les Échos. An investigation file lists nearly 3,000 identities whose accounts hold more than $373 million in assets, for acts committed between July 2023 and November 2024.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Dakaractu ·
The driver involved in the accident that killed S. Bagayogo was placed in police custody for involuntary manslaughter on 2 November 2026. The collision happened on 23 October near Mbao bridge and the 41-year-old victim died on 31 October, according to Seneweb.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Seneweb ·
Dakar’s prosecutor has ordered a Special Cybersecurity Division investigation after a video in which Amath Suzanne Camara allegedly called on the army to seize power if the National Assembly was not dissolved. The Alliance for the Republic official is expected to be summoned imminently, according to Seneweb sources.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Seneweb ·
Pikine: alleged prostitute and her client arrested after theft of 300,000 CFA francsA 19-year-old client and a 30-year-old trader were placed in custody at the Pikine police station, near Dakar, after a complaint over the theft of 300,000 CFA francs that the suspect puts at 20,000 CFA francs. The accused says the complainant is a prostitute he met on TikTok and that price-listed adverts found on her phone exposed her, according to Seneweb.
Breaking news: Aliou Bah is finally freeGuinean opposition figure Aliou Bah, president of the Liberal Democratic Movement (MoDeL), has been released from the Sonfonia gendarmerie in Conakry, nearly 22 months after his arrest for insulting the head of state. His release follows the presidential pardon granted on 2 October by Mamadi Doumbouya to 217 detainees, according to Guinée360.The week in Africa
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