Abdoulaye Mane is Senegalese. He disappeared in Tan Tan on 11 June 2023. His family has been looking for him ever since.
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Alhassane Fall
Alhassane, young Senegalese, disappeared on the day after the Korité, 23 April 2023 in Tunisia. His family has been looking for him ever since.
Samuel Kabamba
Samuel was a four-year-old boy who appeared dead on a beach in Barbate (Cádiz, Spain). He was the youngest brother of the six that made up the family. Her mother Veronique applied for visas on several occasions to treat Samuel for his heart problems in Europe, as well as the cancer that she suffered. After having it denied, Veronique and little Samuel were forced to risk their lives in a boat. Both died in a tragedy on the Strait route on January 14, 2017. Veronique’s body reached the Algerian coast.
Learn more about his story and their family’s fight for justice: “Little Samuel”
In press: https://www.eldiario. en/desalambre/minor-patera-strait-cadaver-Barbate_0_607189473.html
Mamadou Ouattara “Oustaz”
Mamadou Ouattara “Oustaz” disappeared in Laayoune on 4 february 2023. His family has been looking for him ever since.
Amadou Mouctar Diallo
Amadou Mouctar disappeared in Nouadhibou on 3 January 2023. His family has been looking for him ever since.
Oussama Tayeb
Young Algerian, disappeared after leaving Mostaganem on 25 December 2022 with 19 other people. His family has been looking for him ever since.
Lydie Dian
She disappeared on her way from Tan tan to Dakhla on 7 November 2022. Since then her family and friends have been waiting to hear from her.
Momar Mbengue
A 27-year-old Senegalese youth, he left Tan-Tan with Alla Diagne in a boat that disappeared with more than 60 people on board. Their families have been searching for them ever since.
Alla Diagne
A 25-year-old Senegalese youth, he left Tan-Tan with Momar Mbengue in a boat that disappeared with more than 60 people on board. Their families have been searching for them ever since.
Talla Diop “Khatta”
He left Mauritania with Djiby Dieng, Omar Ladiane and Omar Ladiane in a boat with a total of 62 people on board. Their families have been looking for them ever since.
Omar Ladiane
He left Mauritania with Djiby Dieng, Omar Ladiane and Talla Diop “Khatta” in a boat with a total of 62 people on board. Their families have been looking for them ever since.
Omar Ladiane
He left Mauritania with Djiby Dieng, Omar Ladiane and Talla Diop “Khatta” in a boat with a total of 62 people on board. Their families have been looking for them ever since.
Djiby Dieng
He left Mauritania with Omar Ladiane, Omar Ladiane and Talla Diop “Khatta” in a boat with a total of 62 people on board. Their families have been looking for them ever since.
Yassine Mellouki
Young Moroccan (back left) who left the beach of Saidia with his brother Omar Mellouki and a friend on a jet ski. His family has been looking for them ever since.
Omar Mellouki
Young Moroccan (in the centre of the photograph with cap) who left the beach of Saidia with his brother Yassine Mellouki and a friend on a jet ski. His family has been looking for them ever since.
Bacar Camara
He left in the early hours of the morning with two other friends in a 39-person boat. Their families are still searching for them.
Juba Messouaf
He left Oran for Almeria in a boat with between 13 and 21 people on 29 October 2021. His family has been looking for him ever since.
Sada Konate
Young Malian, he disappeared in September 2021 in Nouakchott. His family has been looking for him ever since.
Mwembo Riziki Salma – Cynthia
Mwembo Riziki Salma, nicknamed Cynthia, is Congolese. She disappeared on 26 September 2021 in Mauritania. Her family has been looking for her ever since.
Abdrahmane Askander Lichani
Young Algerian aged 22 at the time of his disappearance. He disappeared between Tipaza and Cherchell in a boat that left heading for Alicante. His family has been looking for him ever since.
Cheickhou Mangane
On board a zodiac, a very dangerous vessel on the Canary Islands route, he was with another fifty-one people when he disappeared. His family has been looking for him ever since.
Amadou Wurry Jallow
Since he left Dakhla on 28th May with 36 other people, his family has not heard from him.
Moussa Diakite
He contacted his family on 4 April, the day he left in a boat with 47 people, including two women. His family has been searching for him since then.
Ibrahim Medjidi
He left Madegh beach in Oran (Algeria) in a zodiac on the night of March 24 2021. His family is still looking for him.
Sallé Fofana
He left Mauritania around 20th February, probably on a boat that disappeared in those days, although it is unknown.
Tahar Mohamed Mahmoudi Bouziani
Since he disappeared in Oran in January 2021, his family has been looking for him. He has a tattoo on his left chest in the shape of a heart.
Foray Fainah Koroma
From Mauritania, where he lived, he left on a boat for Spain on 16 January 2021. He was with other friends, on board with a total of 58 people. The whole vessel is still missing.
Milani Dah
Milani disappeared in early 2021 in Nador. His family has been looking for him ever since.
Ahamada Koita
The 18-year-old left Mauritania on the night of 28 December 2020 in a boat with 46 other people. His older brother has been looking for him ever since.
Mamadou Tiessama Diarra
He left Mauritania on 28 December 2020. His family initially believed he may have arrived but are still searching for him today.
Alpha Oumar Kaba
He was known by the nickname “Le Géant”. The exact date of his disappearance is unknown and no one knew he was travelling. His friends last saw him in Dakhla, but do not know if he left from there. His brother and friends have been looking for him ever since.
Koné Abdoul
The 29-year-old embarked somewhere in Morocco on 22 November 2020 with thirty-four other people. On that day, he had the last communication with his family, who have been looking for him ever since.
Yappi Rodrigue
Since he last spoke to his family on 21 November 2020, he has not been heard from again. His wife and sister continue to search for him, knowing that he was on board a boat that left Dakhla and disappeared on 22 November.
Kameni Idriss Carlos
He left on board a boat with fifty-nine people, including ten women and two children. His older brother has been looking for him ever since.
Mbaye Mbengue
He disappeared on board a boat in which he was with Touba Diop. It is not known how many other people were with them.
Touba Diop
He disappeared on board a boat in which he was with Mbaye Mbengue. It is not known how many other people were with them.
Pape Demba Dieng
In August 2020, he was in Laayoune, last contacted by his family in October. He has been missing since then.
Takouleu Noussi Romeo
He left with thirty-one or fifty-nine people on one of the two boats that left at the same time. His older sister is looking for him.
Thierno Moussa
He left on one of two missing boats, one with fifty-nine people and the other with thirty-one. His brother has been looking for him ever since.
Bri Odio Ange Christelle
Her sister has been looking for her ever since the boat she was on with 59 other people disappeared.
Étienne Philippe
Also known as Simon Théa, he would have left in a boat with fifty-nine other people. Since that day, his uncle has been trying to find him alive.
Aziz Echikhe
In the early hours of 24 July, eleven people, including Aziz and a minor, set off on a journey on the Algerian route. Since then, their whereabouts have been unknown to their families.
Bontouraby Sylla
She left in a boat with twenty-nine other people at eight o’clock in the evening. After three weeks, one person survived and was rescued in Mauritania. Her godmother has been looking for her since her disappearance.
Kouider Daoujadi Khaled
Khaled left in a boat with eight men and a woman bounded to Spain. Their whereabouts are still unknown.
Djahida Meziani
Nineteen-year-old Djahida called her father repeatedly during the boat crossing. However, she eventually lost the signal. Despite rumours that they were rescued by the Moroccan authorities, neither she nor the other ten people on board have been heard from again.
Kacou Simon
Kacou is Ivorian. His sister has hardly any information about his disappearance. The last time she saw him alive was in a video where Kacou appeared to walk in a forest. He may have tried to cross to Spain by boat, but the information is unclear.
Soumahoro Assata
“Help me, I don’t know what to do,” said her fiancé. He had paid her for a trip to buy goods in Abidjan-Casablanca so she could resell them in the country, but she did not know that she would try to cross to Spain from Morocco. Her specific date of disappearance is unknown. She was on a boat that disappeared in March 2020 with around thirty-four and thirty-six people.
Balla Moussa Badji
He was in the military in Senegal and worked for a transport company in Morocco. His family has not heard from him since February-March 2020.
Donzo Ferebory
His family alleges that he may have set sail on a boat bound for the Canary Islands between 14 and 17 February 2020. Since then, he has been missing.
Aminata Kante
Since she left Dakhla on 14 February 2020 with 25 other people, her family has not heard from her.
Ablaye Dieme
The last time his family contacted him, he had just arrived in Tangiers from Fez (Morocco) to try to cross from there. His family knows he boarded a boat, but they haven’t heard from him since.
Kechai Nourddine
His wife claims that Nourddine left on a boat with about eighteen people for Spain. He has not been heard from since.
Assane Ka
He wanted to cross, but it is unknown if he ever tried to. The last time his family contacted him was January 2019, but they are unsure about the specific day.
Soumahoro Makoko
She was in the city of Dakhla to head to the Canary Islands. Since her disappearance on Christmas Eve 2019, her brother has been unsure whether his sister could have lost her life at sea.
Toure Fatoumata
Fatoumata was travelling on the Canary Islands route. His boat left on 18 December 2019. On that day, several boats were rescued by the rescue services. However, she never showed any sign of life.
Kanaté Souleyman
Twelve-year-old boy who went missing, along with the rest of the people, in a small boat sailing the Canary Islands route. His mother and sister, who arrived in Las Palmas in another boat, never saw him alive again.
Sy Amadou
His sister contacted him for the last time at 8 pm on the evening of November 23rd. Amadou claimed to have left with 72 people in a boat to cross the Alboran Sea.
Mamadou Bah
He was in the north of Morocco, wanting to embark on the Alboran Sea at some point. His two brothers have not heard from him since then.
Mouna Brahim
A twenty-seven-year-old Algerian set off in a dinghy from the Algerian town of Mostaganem. Among the thirteen people on board was a sixteen-year-old minor. His mother claims that a woman with a Moroccan accent answered Brahim’s phone. However, they still do not know if he survived.
Koudji Mehdi
A young Algerian man, his sister from France was worried about his health: Mehdi is diabetic. After getting on a boat in Tipaza (Algeria), he and the thirteen people (including two women) who accompanied him were never heard from again. Rumours played on the families’ hopes that they had arrived in Cartagena, but the truth is that Mehdi has not yet shown any signs of life.
Abbou Abdenour
Abbou’s brother claims that Abbou was travelling in a dinghy with 16 other people. According to his information, they left the Mostaganem area (Algeria), and two survivors were rescued by Maritime Rescue 50 kilometres from Almeria. However, there is no trace of the other 15, including Abbou.
Mariam Cissé
A 33-year-old Guinean woman gone missing in the Strait of Gibraltar after embarking on a toy boat. Neither she nor any of her companions gave signs of life.
Learn more about her story and the procedure initiated by her husband in order to get Justice in “In Hope of Finding Mariam”
Mogidish Sherif Mohamed Sofiane
Her sister only knows that Mohamed Sofiane set off from the Algerian coast looking for a better life. Not knowing who he was on the boat with, she had no information on the whereabouts of her missing brother.
Mbene Diop
A young Senegalese woman, she died on the Strait of Gibraltar crossing at the young age of 21. A hairdresser, she had moved to Morocco to save money and undergo an operation that would allow her to become a mother. She was afraid of dying in the operating room in her native country, hence her need to reach Spain. Unfortunately, her body was found lifeless near the city of Algeciras (Spain) by the Spanish rescue services.
Fode Soumaré
Soumaré’s uncle has hardly any information about his disappearance. Between 26 and 28 October 2019, he claims Soumaré set out to cross the Alboran Sea with sixty people and has not heard from his nephew since.
Thiago Maurice
Thiago’s brother knows he set off on Christmas Eve 2018, heading for Spain. However, there is no trace of him. The impossibility of reconstructing the tragedy in which he could have lost his life causes insufferable pain to his family.
Cissé Vakaba
Cissé set out to cross the Alboran Sea on December 19th, 2018. Since that day, his sister has had no contact with him. She fears that he may have lost his life at sea, but no one has been able to confirm it.
Aboubakar Gassama
The only information his brother has is that Aboubakar was in Morocco. He does not know the exact city where he may have disappeared, or if he even tried to cross to Spain. Despite this, his search does not cease.
Nesta Savane
According to the information available to the family, she would have embarked on a boat with her uncle, Ousman Touré. Their family has been looking for them, without being able to confirm whether they could have lost their lives in a tragedy.
Ousman Touré
According to the information available to the family, he would have embarked on a boat with his niece, Nesta Savane. Their family has been looking for them, without being able to confirm whether they could have lost their lives in a tragedy.
Boubou Sylla
The young Ivorian was travelling in a boat with his brother and 57 other people. After being shipwrecked, the rescued survivors were taken to Melilla and Motril. His brother searched in both cities, without having found him to date.
Serif Mane
Serif Mane is Gambian. He disappeared somewhere between Tan tan and Dakhla on 7 August 2018. His family has been looking for him ever since.
Babacar Ndiaye
He left Morocco at midnight with thirteen people on board. He was twenty-six when he disappeared. His brother is still looking for him.
Larisa
Larisa was the smallest of all the siblings. She worked as a hairdresser in the Ivory Coast and her personal ambitions made her travel to Morocco to try her luck. Her presence made people nickname her “little star”, because wherever she went she surrounded herself with many friends. They define her as affectionate and sociable, although they also highlight her great character: “there was no way to make her change her mind,” they declare.
Veronique Kabamba
Woman of Congolese origin whose body was found on the Algerian coast. She was traveling with her son Samuel , whose body was found on the beach in Barbate (Cádiz, Spain). Veronique had applied for a visa on several occasions to treat her cancer in Europe, as well as to treat Samuel for the heart problems he suffered. After having it denied, she was forced to risk her life in a boat with her little one child.
Get to know hier story and her family’s fight for justice in depth: “Little Samuel”
In press: https://www.eldiario.es/desalambre/menor-patera-estrecho-cadaver-Barbate_0_607189473.html
Mamadou Bobo Balde
He was in Tangiers. It is unknown exactly when he disappeared or if he ever boarded a boat.
Ndenkou Audrey Dave
Residing in the Moroccan capital, his aunt remains in suspense years later, not knowing what happened to her nephew Dave, nicknamed “Ismaël” by his travelling companions.
Alpha Abdoulaye Bah
He was in the city of Ghardaia (Algeria) and informed his family of his intention to go to Morocco. They have been looking for him ever since.
Armand Ferdinand Souop Tagne
A 23-year-old man, his family defines him as a very intelligent boy who excelled in studies. At noon on February 6, 2014, his parents received a call informing them of his death. He was a victim of the Tarajal tragedy. Armand’s body was the only one of the fourteen victims that managed to be repatriated to his home country from Morocco, thanks to the efforts of his father.
You can learn more about his story in our documentary “Tarajal: Transformar el dolor en Justicia”
Aboubakar Oumarou Maiga
Before leaving, he worked in the laundry in his city, Douala. He left to help his family, with the goal that his little brothers and his mother could live well. Victim of the Tarajal tragedy, he drowned trying to reach Spain after being received with riot gear by the Spanish authorities. His body was buried in Morocco, but his family doesn’t know where yet.
You can learn more about his story in our documentary “Tarajal: Transformar el dolor en Justicia”
Bikai Luc Firmin
The Christmas before he died, his father promised to open the way with his prayers when Bikai confessed his intention to leave the country. After losing his life in the Tarajal tragedy, his family celebrates a mass in his memory every year. A way of reminding him in front of the pain of not knowing what was done with his body, where little Bikai ended up.
You can learn more about his story in our documentary “Tarajal: Transformar el dolor en Justicia”
Samba Baya
He felt that he could not help his family enough in their difficult situation, he worried about his parents, who were too old to continue working in the fields. Seeing that young people like him managed to improve these situations, he decided to leave after his mother gave him her blessing. It was the last time they saw him, after he died in the Tarajal tragedy. His father angrily points to the responsibility of the Spanish Government for the death of Samba. “There is nothing that can make up for the pain of the loss,” he argues.
You can learn more about his story in our documentary “Tarajal: Transformar el dolor en Justicia”
Ousman Hassan
He was engaged in sewing before leaving, he had great qualities for it. However, he decided to migrate thinking that if he was able to build another life, he would be able to gradually change his family’s life. He considered that the money he earned sewing, a job he learned after school, was not enough to continue studying and help his brothers. Ousman died in the Tarajal tragedy and since then his family mourns him. “It hurts not to be able to bury your loved one with dignity,” they repeat in pain.
You can learn more about his story in our documentary “Tarajal: Transformar el dolor en Justicia”
Nana Roger Chimie
His older sister took care of him like a son, getting him, the little one, to go to elementary school and high school. One day, she herself received a call from abroad, they told her that her brother had died trying to swim to Spain. Roger was a victim of the Tarajal tragedy, a Spanish beach where he had been received with riot gear by the Spanish authorities. Since then, he is mourned in his hometown.
You can learn more about his story in our documentary “Tarajal: Transformar el dolor en Justicia”
Larios Fotio
One day, Larios set out to see his older brother to tell him that he would like to go to university, where he had not been able to go due to his mother’s lack of financial means after the death of his father. He believed that the best thing would be to fight for his future, so he decided to leave. Like when he was a child, his family remembers him as a fighter and attentive person. After losing his life in the Tarajal tragedy, his family still does not know where his body is. They urgently demand to be able to identify his loved one and visit his remains to close the wound.
You can learn more about his story in our documentary “Tarajal: Transformar el dolor en Justicia”
Bilong Yves Martin
Roth, as he was nicknamed in his hometown, focused on playing soccer after high school. He actually wanted to leave to be a footballer. Upon arriving in Morocco, he said that he would live there with small jobs and continue to play soccer. On February 6, 2014, his friends called the family stating that “he had been shot”. To his parents’ surprise, they were able to recognize his dead son on television shortly after. Bilong was a victim of the Tarajal tragedy. Even if his body is far away, they made a symbolic grave for him in his hometown to honor his memory.
You can learn more about his story in our documentary “Tarajal: Transformar el dolor en Justicia”
Daouda Mahatma
His family remembers him as a very hard-working and courageous person. He studied and worked at the same time. Before attempting to cross into Spain, he called his aunt, his mother, and his brother to pray for him. It was the last time they spoke to him. Some boys who knew him called the family to confirm that Daouda had died. He was a victim of the Tarajal tragedy. Subsequently, the Cameroonian ambassador to Morocco promised to bury him in peace and sent a photo of his burial.
You can learn more about his story in our documentary “Tarajal: Transformar el dolor en Justicia”
Abdoulaye Seck (Elhaj)
He left Tangiers in 2013 and has been missing since then. His brother is still searching for him. They haven’t heard from him ever since.
