The truth emerges about the worrying disappearance of “Gaindé Macky”

Author: senenews.comPublished on: October 19, 2026Country: Senegal
Society & Lifestyle
The truth emerges about the worrying disappearance of “Gaindé Macky”

Aïcha Mbodj, an APR activist known as “Gaindé Macky,” was found safe in Tambacounda on October 16, two days after leaving her family home in Dalifort. Recognized in the streets after a missing-person notice circulated on social media, she was taken in by passersby who contacted her family. Her relatives then brought her to Ndiongolor, in the Fatick department, where she has received care from a traditional healer since Saturday. Her older sister said Mbodj had supposedly been “inhabited by evil spirits” for several years; in June, Mbodj had also faced prosecution in Dakar over remarks posted on social media.

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