... The Gambia is actually surrounded by The Senegal on all sides but its west coast. It has a population of about 1.7 million. The difference between the two is that in colonial days Senegal was ruled by La Belle France and The Gambia (so-called because there's only one of it, unlike Guinea, of which there are the Republic of Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, New Guinea, the English coin in circulation between 1663 and 1813, and Guyana, which sounds like it should be another one) was ruled by Britain...
, reported the vessel had stopped due to an engine problem, then capsized amid bad weather, Safa Msehli, a spokesperson for IOM said
A boat carrying African
The vessel left the western coastal town of Khums on Sunday, Safa Msehli, a spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration, said.
She said there were at least 75
Eighteen of the
The capsizing was the latest disaster in the Mediterranean Sea involving
There has been a spike in crossings and attempted crossings from Libya in recent months.
Libya has in recent years emerged as the dominant transit point for
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
-backed uprising that toppled and killed longtime autocrat Muammar Qadaffy
...a reminder that a single man with an idea can change an entire nation, usually for the worse...in 2011.
Rights groups and officials at UN agencies that work with
These include forced labor, beatings, rapes and torture. The abuse often accompanies efforts to extort money from families before