Nourah Ba case: Momo Cissé referred to court over alleged false news

Commentator Mamadou Cissé, known as “Momo Cissé,” was referred to court by the Special Cybersecurity Division at around 8 a.m. Friday and is at Dakar’s High Court. He had been held in custody in connection with the Nourah Ba case over alleged dissemination of false news. On a broadcast, he claimed that Nourah Ba had been insulted and beaten by an plainclothes police officer during her arrest on the Corniche. According to reports, he told investigators that people close to the young woman had misled him and said he would issue a public apology.