Senegal Boat Sinking Toll Rises to 34 Bodies

Senegalese authorities reported that at least 21 people died and one survived after a migrant boat sank off the country’s northwest coast, while search operations continued. A later count reported by the Senegalese Press Agency put the number of recovered bodies at 34, with one survivor. That figure was attributed to an unnamed official, and the search was still under way.

Senegal’s Interior Ministry gave a provisional toll of 21 bodies and one survivor as of the evening of November 7. The ministry said rescue teams were continuing to search for possible survivors and that assistance was being provided to affected families. The later count, reported Sunday, does not establish a final toll while recovery efforts continue.

The boat sank near Kébémer, in the Louga region. Reports placed recovered bodies along the coast near Lompoul, including about 20 found there on November 7. Gendarmes and firefighters took bodies for identification, according to the Senegalese Press Agency. Louga regional governor Ndèye Nguénar Mbodj visited the sites Sunday to oversee identification and preservation efforts.

The number of people aboard, the boat’s departure point and its destination had not been...