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At least 34 dead after migrant boat sinks off Senegal

The Senegalese Press Agency reported the higher toll as a search continued for missing people. One survivor had been rescued, authorities said.

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Photo: France 24
  • At least 34 people died when a small boat carrying migrants sank off northwestern Senegal, according to the Senegalese Press Agency and Action for Human Rights and Friendship. France 24Al Jazeera

  • One person was rescued, and an indeterminate number of people were reported missing as the search continued. France 24Al JazeeraThe West Australian

  • The sinking’s timing is disputed: media reports placed it on Saturday, while Saliou Diouf of Boza Fii said it happened on Friday. France 24