Around 150 people boarded a boat in Gambia that was thought to have been headed for Europe. The boat capsized after traveling about 380 miles.

Survivors saved off Mauritania say they left The Gambia with 160 people on board.

L’embarcation a chaviré dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi au nord de la capitale, Nouakchott, avec 160 personnes à bord, selon la gendarmerie et les garde-côtes mauritaniens. La…

Bei einem Bootsunglück vor Nouakchott, Mauretanien, sind 49 Menschen ums Leben gekommen, während über 100 vermisst werden.

Coastguard reports boat carrying about 160 people capsized in sight of town 50 miles north of Nouakchott

Around 150 people boarded a boat in Gambia that was thought to have been headed for Europe. The boat capsized after traveling about 380 miles.

At least 70 people were killed when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of West Africa, Gambia’s foreign affairs ministry said late on Friday, in one of the deadliest…