Tragedy struck off the coast of Mauritania as at least 89 migrants lost their lives when their boat capsized on Monday. The Mauritanian state-run news agency reported that the Mauritanian Coast Guard recovered the bodies of the migrants from a large traditional fishing boat that had overturned. Among the victims were nine individuals, while miraculously, nine people, including a 5-year-old girl, were rescued.
The incident occurred approximately 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) off the coast in the Atlantic Ocean, near the city of Ndiago in southwest Mauritania. The ill-fated boat had departed from the Gambia-Senegal border six days prior, carrying an estimated 170 migrants who were bound for Europe, as recounted by survivors.
