Missing Since Wednesday, “Gaindé Macky” Found in Tambacounda

Aïcha Mbodj, an Alliance for the Republic (APR) activist known as “Gaindé Macky,” was found in Tambacounda on Friday, October 16, 2026, according to an announcement by Abdalah Yakin Diop on Facebook. She was last seen around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, October 14, in Dakar’s Ouest-Foire neighborhood, wearing a black dress and a white scarf. Her relatives and the APR had appealed for help and circulated a missing-person notice. The circumstances of her disappearance and the conditions in which she was found have not been disclosed.