At least 39 people have died after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Senegal, reports say.

The interior ministry said one person had been rescued, but the number of people still missing was yet to be established.

The small wooden boat capsized between the capital, Dakar and the northern city of Saint-Louis, as it headed towards Spain’s Canary Islands.

Spanish migrant rights group Walking Borders recorded 635 deaths on the Atlantic route to the Canary Islands between January and May 2026, the highest toll among the routes it monitors.

Saliou Diouf, founder of Senegalese migrant aid group Boza Fii, said all the bodies recovered by Sunday evening were Senegalese. The nationalities of other people on board was yet to be established, as search operations continued.

Four bodies were recovered on Monday morning in an advanced state of decomposition and buried following a collective funeral prayer organised by the fire service.

Rescue teams are searching along a 25km (15-mile)- stretch of coastline, but operations have been complicated by difficult access and strong ocean currents, which are pushing bodies further south.

Authorities say 24 of the 39 victims have been identified and their bodies returned to their families, while 11 others are still awaiting identification.

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has expressed his condolences to the victims’ families and urged Senegalese nationals not to risk their lives on the dangerous sea crossings.

In a statement posted on X, he pledged to intensify efforts to dismantle the networks organising the journeys.

“We will relentlessly continue the fight against those who organise these crossings and the work that gives our young people reasons to hope here,” he said.

The tragedy comes amid renewed concerns over the dangers facing migrant attempting to reach Europe by sea.

Walking Borders estimates that about 21 people died for every 100 who reached the Canary Islands during the period it monitored.

Senegalese authorities said they had intercepted another boat, on Friday, carrying 142 migrants attempting to reach Spain.

Those on board included 23 women, two babies and two other children. Police said the group comprised nationals of Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea and Nigeria.

Meanwhile, a state of emergency was declared on the Spanish island of El Hierro on Saturday following a surge in migrant arrivals.

More than 3,300 people have reached the island in about 30 boats since the beginning of November, according to local authorities.

This amounts to almost a third of the population on the island, one of the main entry points into Europe for migrants arriving from West Africa.

Fernando Clavijo, president of the Canary Islands regional government, described the situation as “absolutely unsustainable,”

Two British tourists have been found dead in Agadir, Morocco, and two other guests at the same hotel were rushed to hospital in a critical condition

The tragedy unfolded on Monday at an unnamed hotel in Agadir, a coastal city and popular resort destination for holidaymakers. At least two other guests were rushed to hospital.

Local media reports hotel staff found the dead bodies in a room and immediately alerted hotel management, who then alerted the police. The two other guests were said to be in a “critical condition” when they were taken by ambulance to the university hospital in Agadir.

Police forensics teams were sent to the hotel and examined the room, collecting samples and other evidence. The bodies were moved to the morgue at the Hassan II Regional Hospital in Agadir for autopsies.

Investigators also reportedly searched the hotel’s kitchen, roof and outbuildings.

Authorities are yet to reveal exactly what they believe to be the cause of the deaths. Some local reports mention food poisoning or a gas leak as possibilities under review.

The names of the guests involved have not been released.

A Foreign Office spokesperson said “We are aware of the deaths of two British nationals in Morocco. We are supporting their families and are in contact with the local authorities.”

It comes weeks after another Brit tourist died at a hotel in Agadir. Clare Mitchell, 31, from Bolton, jetted out from Manchester Airport for a four-day break on October 8.

Tragically, she was found dead in her hotel room the following day. Her devastated loved ones launched a fundraiser in order to have her flown back to the UK. It has now raised more than £5,800.

Her sister Angel Davies, 25, said she was a ‘diva in the nicest way’

Windows were ​blown out across several floors of Saudi oil giant Aramco’s corporate office in the heart of the ‌financial district of the capital Riyadh on Sunday by what the energy ministry said was debris from an attempt to attack the building.

The ministry said damage to the Aramco Tower was limited and there were no injuries or fatalities, without assigning responsibility for the attack.

The Saudi-led coalition fighting ​Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen said Saudi air defences had intercepted Houthi missiles over the city in the early hours.

The ​Houthis, who claimed the attack, have escalated their fighting with the kingdom in what has become another ⁠front in the wider US-Israeli war against Tehran.

Many schools in the kingdom resumed in-person classes on Sunday after weeks of home ​learning and several Saudi government agencies returned to in-office work suspended after earlier Houthi attacks.
The Houthis have ramped up strikes on Aramco (2223.SE), opens new tab facilities ​in recent weeks, including the oil giant’s headquarters in Dhahran in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi-led coalition said air defences also intercepted a Houthi missile on Sunday in the province, where most of the oil and gas reserves of the world’s largest crude exporter lie. It said they ​had also destroyed two ballistic missile launchers in Saada used by the Houthis in the Sunday attack on Riyadh.

The renewed fighting between the Houthis and the coalition backing Yemen’s internationally recognised government intensified after the group advanced in September toward the Bab ‌el-Mandeb Strait, ⁠a strategic shipping chokepoint on the other side of the Arabian Peninsula from the Strait of Hormuz.

The Houthis have since stepped up missile and drone attacks on Saudi ports and airports, including Riyadh’s international airport. The group’s military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said the airport was targeted in Sunday’s attacks, but there was no confirmation from Saudi authorities.
A strike on the airport in October killed 13 people ​and wounded more than 300.
In ​response to the attacks, Saudi ⁠Arabia has been carrying out air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.

The latest escalation comes a day after Yemen’s Houthi-run health ministry said Saudi airstrikes killed at least 33 people near Sanaa. ​Saudi authorities said they were investigating.

The kingdom, a key US ally, has also been requesting ​assistance from countries ⁠ranging from the US to Europe and the Middle East, for both defensive and offensive support against the Yemeni group.
Britain said in October it would fly fighter jets on defensive missions to help protect Saudi cities from Houthi aerial attacks.