Senegal: Death of Mamadou Badio Camara, "the man who saved the 2024 presidential elections"

In Senegal, the President of the Constitutional Council Mamadou Badio Camara died on Thursday, April 10, 2025 in Dakar, at the age of 73. At the head of the country's highest judicial body since 2022, he had distinguished himself last year by opposing the postponement of the presidential office wanted by former President Macky Sall.

The President of the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) Mr Augustin Senghor, the members of the Executive Committee and the Federal Administration, the members of the Avenir Foot Academy of Dakar have the regret and the deep sorrow to inform you of the death of Moustapha dit Papi Goudiaby, resident of the Avenir Foot Academy of Dakar. Death on Thursday 10 April 2025 in Dakar. On this painful occasion, the Senegalese Football Federation present…

Senegal has just lost a supreme judge. The president of the Constitutional Council of Senegal, Mamadou Badio Camara, died this Thursday, April 10, 2025 in Dakar at the age of 72. This man of law of the old and highly respected period died as a result of a disease, according to the first reports relayed by the local press. Cacique of the Senegalese judicial system, he led the highest jurisdiction in the country since September 2022.

The president of the Constitutional Council of Senegal, Mamadou Badio Camara, died on Thursday in Dakar, PressAfrik learned. Reached by telephone, the Secretary General of Sytjust, Me El Hadji Ayé Boun Malick Diop, told us that “the deceased had been ill for some time”. Born in 1952 in Dakar, Mamadou Badio Camara devoted nearly five decades to the Senegalese justice system. After his bachelor's degree obtained in 1971 at the Lycée Lamine Guèye, …

The president of the Constitutional Council, Mamadou Badio Camara, is no longer. An information that has finally saddened the Senegalese people and the legal profession. The late president owes his reputation to the presidential election of 2024. He was constant in his decision-making and armed with courage. Even if some citizens do not have the chance to know the magistrate outside the offices of the Constitutional Council. Colleagues testify t…

Senegal is in mourning after the death of Mamadou Badio Camara, President of the Constitutional Council. This experienced magistrate has passed away, leaving behind him an exemplary career, dedicated to the defence of justice and to the respect of the institutions of the Republic. A respected man of law, Mamadou Badio Camara has climbed the highest levels [...]