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Mauritania: 89 migrants die at sea after their boat capsizes

Nearly 90 migrants died Monday when their boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania on the way to Europe, the official news agency and a senior Mauritanian official said Thursday. Dozens more are missing, they said.

Nine people rescued

“The Mauritanian coastguard found the bodies of 89 people on board a large traditional fishing boat that capsized on Monday, July 1, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean” 4 km from the town of Ndiago (southwest Mauritania), reported the Mauritanian Information Agency.

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The coast guard rescued nine people, including a 5-year-old girl, it said. The agency cited survivors’ accounts as saying the boat had set off from the Senegal-Gambia border with 170 passengers on board, bringing the number of missing to 72.

The senior local government official provided similar information on condition of anonymity.

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