The fishing boat, which departed from Kafountine, a coastal town in southern Senegal approximately 1,700 kilometers (1,057 miles) away from Tenerife, carried at least 200 individuals.
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Fighting in Sudan is concentrated mainly in Darfur and the capital Khartoum, also in Blue Nile state near Ethiopia, as well as in South Kordofan state
The Gambia announced on Sunday that it had repatriated nearly 300 of its nationals intercepted on the exile route at the end of June and beginning of July, more than half of whom were stranded in Libya.
"The Italian government has informed us of its decision to lift the air embargo imposed on Libyan civil aviation for ten years,"
Gunmen killed 24 villagers in a remote part of north-central Nigeria, authorities said on Sunday, raising further concerns about the West African nation's ongoing security challenges.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday that next months BRICS summit in his country will held in person
Sudanese airspace was closed to regular traffic after a military conflict erupted between the country's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in mid-April.
In Gabon's capital Libreville, locals reacted to the news that President Ali Bongo will seek a third term in elections on August 26.
Mali had been suspended from the West African organisation since the first military coup in August 2020
Gabon's president Ali Bongo Ondimba announced on Sunday that he would be running for a third term in the August 26 presidential elections
