Authorities say at least 58 people were killed when a migrant boat sank off the coast of Mauritania in West Africa.
At least 58 people are dead after a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off the West African nation of Mauritania.
The boat carrying at least 150 people had been low on fuel while approaching Mauritania, the International Organisation for Migration said in a statement. There was no immediate statement from authorities in the Gambia, a small West African nation from which many migrants set off in hopes of reaching Europe.
A 22-year oppressive rule by then-President Yahya Jammeh severely affected the country's economy, especially for Gambia's youth, and contributed greatly to the surplus of migrants hoping to get to Europe or elsewhere.
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