By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senenews
Police have arrested four people in Grand-Dakar, including Oumou Traoré, as part of an investigation into suspected drug trafficking. The operation was launched following an anonymous tip and surveillance of a site described as a drug den, according to Senenews.
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Police have arrested four men in Nguinth as part of an investigation into same-sex relations. The operation on 17 October followed a tip-off about young men, according to Senenews.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Senenews ·
Ghana’s Northern Regional Police arrested four men and seized 142 parcels of suspected cannabis being transported in a van from Bimbilla to Tamale. The suspects allegedly offered officers 50,000 Ghanaian cedis, but the police refused the bribe, according to a statement from the regional police command.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Source: Ghanaiantimes ·
Police detained a man in Saint-Louis and seized 3.185 kg of Indian hemp divided into four blocks after a chase in the Médina Cheikh neighbourhood. The motorbike, phone and drugs were sealed, and the suspect was then brought before the public prosecutor, according to Senegal’s National Police.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Seneweb ·
The face-off between Senegalese wrestlers Siteu and Sa Thiès, scheduled for 18 October in Paris, did not take place after both fighters were absent. Aziz Ndiaye, a member of organiser Albourakh Events, criticised Sa Thiès for failing to attend, while Siteu was reportedly held up by visa problems, according to Senenews.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Senenews ·
Senegal and Ivory Coast seek to implement nearly 50 agreementsIn Abidjan, Senegalese Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô and his Ivorian counterpart Robert Beugré Mambé reviewed the follow-up to nearly 50 cooperation agreements, few of which are being satisfactorily implemented. The two governments want to establish a more results-focused monitoring system and also discussed economic exchanges and investment, according to Senego.
Souhaïlatou Toure Idrissou becomes Abomey-Calavi’s first female prosecutorSouhaïlatou Toure Idrissou was officially installed on 16 October 2026 as public prosecutor at the court of first instance of Abomey-Calavi, becoming the first woman to hold the post. A magistrate since 2020, she successively served as third, second and then first deputy prosecutor at the court, according to Matin Libre.The week in Africa
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