OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – At least 55 people died trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands in boats from the coast of Africa over the weekend, the Spanish news agency EFE reported. The Spanish coast guard also rescued 1,786 people making the voyage on one of the most dangerous migration routes in the world. The worst […]
Nouakchott, Mauritania — AFP Mauritania’s incumbent President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has comfortably won re-election at the helm of the vast desert nation, seen as a rock of relative stability in Africa’s volatile Sahel region, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) said. The former army chief won just...
Nouakchott, Mauritania – AFP Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani was set to win re-election by a comfortable margin, results from the electoral commission showed, with an official proclamation due on Monday. Mauritanians went to the polls on Saturday to choose between seven candidates vying to lead the sprawling...
DAKAR, Senegal/ KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – A boat carrying around 300 irregular migrants heading for Spain capsized off the coast of northern Senegal, leaving 26 dead, local media reported Wednesday. The fishing boat, which was destined for the Canary Islands, sank near the beaches of Saint-Louis, about 320 kilometers (198.8 miles) north of t...
