Senegalese justice postpones the burial of Mamadou Moustapha Ba, citing a suspicious death

Published on November 10, 2024

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Mamadou Moustapha Ba, Minister of Finance and Budget of Senegal from 2022 to 2024, died at age 59 in France on November 4. Senegalese justice ordered this Sunday, November 10, the postponement of his burial, citing a suspicious death.

Many voices, dont that of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, expressed their sadness at the disappearance of a respected personality. His death gave lieu to a dispute mentioned by the press within his family over the place of his burial. The ex-minister had to Ultimately to be buried on Sunday in Nioro du Rip (center), where he was born, and his body was repatriated for this purpose, according to the press.

Autopsy

The death certificate established in France concluded that it was a natural death, reported the Dakaractu information site. But the Dakar prosecutor’s office announced, Saturday, November 9, that it had ordered an autopsy to determine the causes of death, in view of ” information received on the circumstances of the death.

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The prosecution indicated the next day in a new press release that the autopsy had “revealed several elements which are likely to attest that the death is not natural”.

“The formalities linked to the procedure for lifting the corps and burial are postponed to a later date,” said the prosecution, citing the need d’investigations additional.

(with AFP)