Senegal: The toll from the shipwreck of a migrant canoe rises to 34 dead.
The toll from the shipwreck of a migrant canoe off the coast of Kébémer, in northwestern Senegal, has risen from 21 to 34 dead, according to a new provisional count reported on Sunday by Senegalese public media and an NGO. “At least 34 people have lost their lives and an undetermined number of individuals” are “missing in this maritime accident”, wrote the Senegalese Press Agency (APS). The toll was confirmed by the NGO Action for Human Rights and Friendship (ADHA), which states that the shipwreck has “cost the lives of 34 people” and leaves “only one survivor”, in a statement sent to AFP.