69 migrants dead as boat capsizes off Mauritania
International Desk Published: 29 August 2025, 07:15 PM
This image grab taken from an AFP video shows boats in the water at a beach, in Barra on December 5, 2019, after at least 62 people died on December 4, 2019 when their makeshift vessel capsized off the coast of Mauritania, including 52 migrants from Gambia. – AFP Photo
Some 68 people have died after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, an official told AFP on Friday.
"The number of bodies recovered has reached 69", a senior coast guard official said, up from the previous 49 reported earlier in the day.
Migrants said there had been about 160 people on board the boat when it capsized Tuesday, including Senegalese and Gambian nationals.
Source: AFP