Witness to a tragedy on a boat to Spain, Moustapha Diouf has made it his mission to persuade young people not to emigrate from Senegal, but even he concedes that it’s getting harder to make his case.
Patrol vessels were pursuing a fishing boat loaded with migrants bound for Spain when it struck rocks off a beach in Senegal’s capital, locals say, leaving at least 16 people dead.
The blaze on the island of La Palma has driven some 4,000 residents from their homes and burned about 10,000 acres. It could be a harbinger of weather-related crises this summer in Europe.