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49 Killed, Many Missing in Boat Capsize Near Mauritania
The Morning Standard
|August 30, 2025
At least 49 people died and nearly 100 are still missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized this week, the Mauritanian coast guard said Friday.
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At least 49 people died and nearly 100 are still missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized this week, the Mauritanian coast guard said Friday. Authorities said the boat came from Gambia and capsized Tuesday morning off the coast of Mheijrat. "The boat left Gambia a week ago and had 160 people on board, including Senegalese and Gambian nationals," Mohamed Abdallah, th
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