Toubab Dialaw : les populations dénoncent un scandale foncier
The Yenne-Toubab Dialaw Diaspora Collective has issued a heartfelt plea against what it calls a "state scandal." Following the controversial transfer of 1,200 hectares for the construction of the Ndayane port, residents say they face a new threat: the expropriation of an additional 600 hectares, again for the benefit of the same operator, DP World. "These 600 hectares are densely populated, with houses, businesses, schools, fields cultivated for generations, cemeteries too—lives," recalled Idrissa Badji, spokesperson for the collective. According to him, the former regime allegedly used this land to settle a debt owed to DP World, transforming a private obligation into a sacrifice imposed on entire families.
The group emphasizes that the republican steps taken over the past year (letters to the President, the Prime Minister, and relevant ministers, meetings with local elected officials, and citizen marches) have received no official response. "A deafening, humiliating silence," they denounce. Beyond the land issue, residents point to administrative confusion stemming from several presidential decrees.
Imam Alioune Ndione points out that decree 2021-19 declared the port project on 1,200 hectares to be in the public interest, but attached all land titles to Mbour, depriving Yenne of any official recognition. Decree 2021-1110 then shifted the administrative boundaries, making the inhabitants of Toubab Dialaw administratively dependent on Mbour. Finally, decree 2023-2319, signed just months before Macky Sall left office, exacerbated the situation. "We are not against inter-municipal cooperation, but it is not right to dispossess a municipality of its land through a simple land title attached elsewhere," the Imam insists.
The group has made clear demands: the immediate suspension of all new expropriation proceedings, an independent and transparent audit of the 1,200 hectares already ceded and the 600 hectares targeted for expropriation, the establishment of an inclusive dialogue framework bringing together the State, local elected officials, APIX (the Agency for the Promotion of Investment and Major Projects), DP World, and representatives of the local population, as well as guarantees of land transparency and protection of diaspora investments. "We will not give up. We want a Senegal that moves forward with its children, not on the social corpses," the group concluded.
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