. Rafaela Rivera and her two children were approached by Babacar Mbaye around 3: 20 p.m. Thursday, police

President Macky Sall called for three days of mourning on Thursday after a fire engulfed the neo-natal unit of a hospital in Senegal, killing 11 newborn babies.... The infant later died. Last year, a pregnant woman died in Louga, in the north of the country, after waiting in vain for a C-section.... Three midwives were given six-month suspended sentences for not giving help to a person in danger. Health minister Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, who was attending the World Health Assembly in Geneva, cut s

It took over an hour to get close enough for its infra-red camera to pick out a tiny speck, dwarfed by the roiling water.... This is nearing the all-time record of 31, 678 recorded reaching the islands in 2006. The numbers had dropped as most migrants chose land routes through the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea.... The more vulnerable were offered shelter in the Walo's cabin....

close Video Boatloads of refugees arrive off the coast of Lesbos, Greece Benjamin Hall reportsA migrant boat carrying about 155 people capsized as it headed to Europe from Senegal, according to the government Thursday.... The Atlantic migration route used by many Africans, including those from Morocco, Western Sahara, and Mauritania, is considered one of the deadliest maritime routes in the world.... A migrant boatcarrying about 155 people capsized off the country’s coast, according to the gov