Fathi Hussein's attempt to migrate using smugglers ended in catastrophe, leaving her family grappling with unanswered questions.

A wooden boat carrying 70 farmers capsized as it was transporting them across the river to reach their farmlands close to Gummi town on Saturday morni...

Recent months have continued to see a surge in the number of people setting out from North and West African countries, including Senegal, Mauritania,...

Yali Fall, president of the fishing association in the southwestern town of Ndiago, said on Friday the death toll stood at 105 and that locals had bee...

Most passengers were trying to escape the mainland because of a panic caused by disinformation about cholera.

Ocean Viking also has aboard 113 people recovered on Wednesday night and a further 88 rescued on Thursday from "an overloaded inflatable craft".