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January 8, 2026
Two government officials said that the death toll from a boat capsized on New Year's Day off Gambia, carrying migrants heading for Europe, has now risen to 39. Survivors described the vessel as "overcrowded and delapidated". The Gambia defence…
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January 1, 2026
The?Gambia defence ministry announced on Thursday that seven bodies had been recovered and 96 people had been rescued overnight after a boat carrying?migrants capsized. In a press release, the ministry stated that the vessel "allegedly carried over 200 migrants".
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November 12, 2025
The International Organization for Migration reported on Wednesday that at least 42 migrants were missing and presumed to be dead after a rubber-boat capsized near the coast of Libya. Seven survivors were rescued by the Libyan authorities after six days of drifting at sea.
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October 2, 2025
A regional state official confirmed on Thursday that at least 26 people died when a boat with traders capsized in Nigeria's north central Kogi State. This is the latest fatal waterway accident to occur in West Africa. In a statement, Kogi's…
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September 3, 2025
Local officials reported on Wednesday that at least 60 people were killed and dozens rescued when a boat with over 100 passengers capsized near the north-central Niger State in Nigeria. The vessel was heading from Tungan Sule, Malale District…
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August 30, 2025
The Gambia Foreign Affairs Ministry said that at least 70 people died when a boat carrying migrants capsized near the coast of West Africa. This was one of the most deadly accidents along the popular migration route into Europe in recent years.
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August 17, 2025
The emergency agency in Nigeria reported that more than 40 people are missing after a boat carrying 50 passengers to a market in the northwest of Sokoto State capsized Sunday. The boat was carrying passengers to Goronyo Market, a well-known food market in the area, when it capsized.
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May 27, 2025
The police in St. Vincent and the Grenadines said on Tuesday that they found on the beach of Canouan Island a boat with the remains of 11 people, who they believe may have been from Mali. However, investigations are still ongoing to determine their identity.
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March 19, 2025
A spokesperson for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said that at least six migrants had died and forty were missing following a shipwreck near the Italian island of Lampedusa. Separately, the Italian coastguard confirmed that it intervened…
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February 19, 2025
The Civil Guard announced on Wednesday that seven members of the crew of an overcrowded migrant boat from Senegal arrived in the Canary Islands last December. They were arrested for the alleged murder of eight passengers including a toddler.
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January 16, 2025
Walking Borders, a group that advocates for migrants' rights, said Thursday that as many as fifty migrants who attempted to reach Spain via boat from West Africa drowned. Moroccan authorities rescued 36 people on Wednesday from a boat which had left Mauritania in January…
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December 15, 2024
Catherine Anene, spokesperson for the Benue State Police in central Nigeria said that at least 10 people were killed when a boat capsized along the Benue River. In Nigeria, more than 220 people have died in boat accidents so far this year. Most boat accidents are caused by overcrowding…
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November 29, 2024
A local official confirmed that at least 18 people were killed when a boat capsized in the Far North region of Cameroon, carrying passengers to a market. The accident happened on Thursday, on the waterways that lead to Darak, a district in the Lake Chad Basin, near the border of Chad.
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October 3, 2024
A local official reported that at least 60 people died after a boat capsized in northern Niger State, Nigeria. The boat was carrying mostly women and young children who were returning from a religious celebration. Jibril Abdullahi Muregi said…
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September 23, 2024
The military reported on Monday that at least 30 bodies in decomposition were discovered in a boat floating 70 km (38 miles) off Dakar's coast, the capital of Senegal. In a military statement, it was revealed that the navy had been informed…
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September 14, 2024
Local officials reported on Saturday that at least 64 people are believed to be dead after a boating accident in Zamfara State, in the northwest of Nigeria. On Saturday morning, a wooden boat with 70 farmers on board capsized while transporting them to their farmlands near Gummi town.
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September 10, 2024
In a tweet on Tuesday, the Senegalese Navy said that the death toll in a migrant ship accident off the coasts of Senegal had risen to 26, after 17 additional bodies were discovered. Radio Television Senegalaise reported late Sunday that the boat…
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August 7, 2024
A civil defense official in the Dominican Republic said that forensic teams are trying to identify 14 West Africans whose remains were found on a boat drifting near the northern coast of the Caribbean nation. RTVD, the state-run media, reported…
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July 24, 2024
The International Organization for Migration said that 15 people died and 150 others were missing when a boat with 300 passengers capsized on Monday near the capital of Mauritania, Nouakchott. One of the most dangerous migration routes in the world is the Atlantic route…
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