Hadja Haoua’s Reported Death: Calixthe Beyala Says She Died More Than a Year Ago

Calixthe Beyala wrote on Facebook that Hadja Haoua had been dead for more than a year, contradicting an October 26 announcement that she died in N’Djamena, Chad. No official document or verifiable testimony from her family has confirmed the date or circumstances of her death. A former RDPC activist, Hadja Haoua had criticized figures in power, including presidential secretary-general Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, before disappearing from public view in July 2025. Claims that she was sought for calls to insurrection, detained at the SED and mistreated have not been officially authenticated or independently confirmed.