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At least nine migrants perish off Senegal's coast

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Members of a search and rescue team make their way to shore during a search to find survivors and retrieve the dead after a pirogue carrying over a hundred migrants sank the night before, in Mbour on September 9, 2024. [AFP]

At least nine people have died after their boat sank off the coast of Senegal, the navy said Monday, in the latest migration-linked tragedy to occur off West Africa.

The pirogue, which was "involved in irregular emigration", capsized on Sunday off the coast of the western town of Mbour, the navy said in a post on X.

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