Driver, 29, Arrested For Allegedly Rape Girl, 14, In Back Of His Taxi

During the night of 8th to 9th November, officers from the Investigation Brigade of the Guédiawaye central police station, in the suburbs of Dakar, arrested 29-year-old Gorgui CN, a driver residing in Cambérène. According to Libération newspaper, the suspect was discovered in the back seat of his vehicle engaging in sexual activity with a girl. It was subsequently determined that she was a 14-year-old minor. During questioning assisted by her 21-year-old half-sister, the victim stated that the suspect had sexually abused her on several occasions and would give her between 1,000 and 2,000 CFA francs, while threatening her to keep quiet. The suspect denied the allegations, though he did admit to embracing and cuddling the minor in the back seat of the vehicle. The public prosecutor has ordered an investigation, as well as the placement of the suspect in police custody. 

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Man who threw acid on girlfriend leading to her death extradited from Mauritania

Alioune Badara Gaye, the primary suspect in the brutal murder of Astou Pierre Ndiaye, has spent his first night in prison. He was remanded in custody following a judicial investigation. According to reports from Libération, he was charged with murder by the senior investigating judge at the Dakar High Court and subsequently placed in detention. As a reminder, in June 2026, Alioune Badara Gaye allegedly confronted his ex-girlfriend, Astou Pierre Ndiaye, at her workplace and threw acid on her face. Severely injured, Astou Pierre Ndiaye passed away on 1st October, 2026, while hospitalised. In the interim, the suspect fled to Mauritania and was recently apprehended and extradited to Dakar.

He has previously served time in prison on two occasions: once for motorcycle theft and once for intentional assault and battery. 

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Man who burgled police chief’s house gets 2 years

A fisherman has been sentenced to two years in prison in Mbour after being discovered, in the middle of the night, inside the wardrobe of a former divisional police inspector. During the hearing, he disputed the account he had previously given to investigators. The incident took place in October. According to L’Observateur, the fisherman broke into the former inspector’s home at night while the family was asleep. He allegedly began emptying a wardrobe in the owner’s bedroom. Upon being caught by the owner, he took refuge inside the wardrobe, from which he was later pulled out by the retired officer’s children, who had been alerted by their father. Handed over to police at the Mbour central station, the fisherman was subsequently referred to the public prosecutor’s office and placed in custody. During the preliminary investigation, he had admitted to the acts, explaining that he intended to resell the stolen clothing at the market. The plaintiff forgave him and did not seek any compensation but the court handed down a two-year prison sentence. Dakaractu

Mother returns to claim abandoned baby in Kolda 

The young woman who abandoned her newborn in the observation room of the Kolda Health Centre’s maternity ward—just hours after giving birth—has ended her time on the run. Having been missing since Sunday, she returned to the facility on Wednesday the evening to claim the baby.  According to Ansou Boroco Mané, regional coordinator for the Open-Environment Educational Action (AEMO) services, the young woman was identified by her own relatives, who then compelled her to return to the maternity ward where she is receiving postnatal care while awaiting further legal developments in the case. As for her reasons for abandoning the baby, the young woman reportedly confided that she feared her father’s reaction—all the more so because she already had another young child.

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