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SENEGAL – Boy Djiné, the Senegalese Scofield records 12 escapes
“Boy djinné”, of his real name Baye Modou Fall, again deceived the vigilance of the prison guards, this Sunday, May 30, 2021, by escaping from Camp Pénal Liberté 6 for the twelfth time in a row. Another escape that moved Senegalese citizens. The latter began to consider the inmate for “robberies and robberies” as a genius which makes them think of Michael Scofield, main actor of the series “Prison Break”, known for his subtle plans of escape. Despite his detention in a high security cell with perpetual surveillance, a regular and systematic body search, and a reduction in communication skills, Boy Djinné goes about his business discreetly and even allowed himself an interview on the Itv channel.
Baye Modou Fall, alias Boy Djinné, is now known to the Senegalese public. The man with the twelve escapes is actively sought by the Urban Security after his escape on Sunday May 29, 2021. The funniest and unprecedented in this case is the fact that the escapee gives an interview granted to the private television channel Itv. He explains his umpteenth escape by his desire to fight against long detentions without trial. According to him, he is the victim of abusive detention because, he says, since 2013 he has been in prison and still cannot be tried. He said he was prepared to surrender to the authorities for a possible trial. “I will stay in Senegal, follow justice to see how this case will end. Since they do not want to grant me provisional freedom because believing that I will run away, I have decided to take my own responsibilities. . For my file, when they will have finished their investigation and he arrives at the Tribunal, if they call me, I will answer. “, Entrusted Boy Djinné to the journalist of Itv, Khalifa Diakhaté. However, the fugitive admits that to his charges, the offense of escape will be added, but he intends to assume it. “The offense of escape is another sentence, I know it. But since I made 9 years of detention for nothing, this escape is a sacrifice for me. I fight so that the truth comes out“, a he declared.
Rejecting the mystical thesis evoked by the Senegalese to justify his numerous escapes, Baye Modou Fall alias Boy Djinné rather evokes intelligence and planning. For him, Senegalese prisons do not have the security so much vaunted by the authorities. With a certain subtlety, it is possible to escape. “I have always said that there is no security where I am detained at the Penal Camp, even though people argue the opposite. Anytime, night or day, when I want to get out of there, I can They are thinking, I too am a human being like them. I was in a room 2m20 by 3m10. There was a ventilation made of iron. I took the iron off at night (…) I had no accomplices. Before doing something, I make sure I have the capacity. I took my own responsibilities to smash the ventilation and I went out, “he detailed.
While waiting to be found, the prison administration of the Camp Pénal Liberté 6 prison has paid the costs of this escape which ridicules the legal authorities. The Senegalese Minister of Justice, Me Maclik Sall, has just dropped a first head in this affair, in the person of Baye Alley Konté, director of the prison of the Penal Camp. The investigation is ongoing to determine those responsible or possible accomplices of the most famous fugitive in the history of the country.
In Cameroon, about 7 million children, including more than 1.5 million in school, do not have a birth certificate. The absence of this essential document for access to education, health and other public services, particularly affects rural areas and the regions of the Far North, Northwest and Southwest. The subject was discussed during the 3rd International Economic Days of Municipalities (JEICOM), held from June 2 to 4, 2025, at the Palais des Congrès in Yaoundé.
A deplorable situation at the moment when Cameroon is celebrating the 5th edition of Children’s Day under the theme “Child-sensitive budgeting and planning: a strategic lever for the promotion and protection of children’s rights”.
Faced with the constant problem of establishing birth certificates in Cameroon, the government, through the National Civil Registry Office (BUNEC), collaborates with partners such as UNICEF or the World Bank in order to provide an effective response to the phenomenon.
In this dynamic, the Bunec provides the town halls with tools to ensure a “compliant and reliable registration of births”. It also supports them in the modernization of the civil status system, including the digitization of registers. UNICEF has enabled some town halls to strengthen their human resources capacities and develop innovative strategies.
Several initiatives were launched, notably the national forum on universal birth registration, organized in April 2024, which brought together mayors, civil status officials, and partners to discuss solutions to the problem.
A violent mutiny broke out this Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at the Maison Pénale de Bouaké in Ivory Coast. While the Prison Administration was conducting a routine search within the establishment, it encountered hostility from the inmates of Building E. According to the prosecutor’s statement, they “were attacking them with the help of clubs, machetes and other blunt objects.” To clear themselves, the agents were forced to carry out warning shots in order to cover their retreat.
Unfortunately, this incident led to a heavy toll: “the death of five (05) detainees is to be deplored. Twenty-nine (29) injured, including six (06) prison officers and twenty-three (23) detainees, were also recorded,” said the public prosecutor. He specifies that the injured were taken care of and a coroner was requested for findings of use in such circumstances.
The rapid intervention of the forces of the Gendarmerie and the National Police allowed to limit the violence and restore order. The search operation then continued without further incidents. She led to the discovery of “several blocks of cannabis, platelets of Tramadol tablets, eighteen (18) mobile phones, including eight (08) smartphones, three (03) grenades, knives etc… strictly prohibited in detention.
The prosecutor recalled that previous excavations had already led to the discovery of bladed weapons
More than 200 people were found dead after the sudden floods that hit the Central West of Nigeria on Thursday, May 29, 2025, announced the humanitarian coordinator of the state of Niger in a new report, Tuesday, June 3. Hundreds of victims are still missing.
The balance sheet is getting heavier. Trapped by sudden floods in west-central Niger, many people were still missing on Tuesday 3 June. The humanitarian coordinator of Niger state said that the death toll now exceeds 200, while hundreds of people are still missing.
“We have more than 200 bodies,” Ahmad Suleiman told Channels Television. “No one can say at the moment how many deaths there are in the state of Niger because we are still looking for other bodies,” he added.
The research continues
“We continue to search but sincerely, we cannot be sure of anything,” he added. Many victims were counted in Mokwa, the most affected agglomeration and a neighborhood of which was wiped out within hours Thursday by flood waters from the Niger River. Since then, volunteers and rescue teams have been combing the area under an overwhelming heat, sometimes finding bodies up to 10 kilometers away.
The coordinator’s announcement comes after the official toll remained stuck at 150 deaths, although some residents deplore the loss of more than a dozen family members.
Fifteen of the 36 states in Nigeria had been placed on flood alert a few days before the disaster. Climate change amplifies extreme weather events in Nigeria but for the people of Mokwa, the tragedy is also linked to human failures. In Mokwa, muddy waters swept away hundreds of houses in the town, including the lack of maintenance of the nozzles designed to evacuate floodwaters, which were clogged with debris on the day of the flood.
The death toll could exceed the 321 deaths from the floods that occurred in 34 of Nigeria’s 36 states in 2024. The Nigerian government claims to have provided aid, but on the spot, the inhabitants feel left to themselves and several families said they had received nothing.
Source: la-croix.com/ Photo credit: TV5
