Series of drownings in Malika: Eight dead including a high school student in one week, rescuers raise the alarm

A first-year high school student drowned on June 9, 2026, at Malika beach in the suburbs of Dakar, bringing the death toll from drownings to eight in one week on the Dakar coast. Bakary Gadiaga, president of the Malika beach surveillance brigade, warns of the recurring phenomenon due to lack of parental supervision and insufficient resources for rescuers. Civil security actors are calling for urgent state intervention.