Diogué Island, Senegal – When Cherif Diatta was a child, he used to play football on a beach on Diogué, an island at the mouth of the Casamance River in southern Senegal.

Under a cloudy sky in the coastal Senegalese village of Fass Boye, the local chief's voice resounds over a loudspeaker, calling villagers to pray for the souls of their lost loved ones.

African migrant disaster survivor haunted by weeks lost at sea THE WIDER IMAGE Fisherman Birane Mbaye walks on a large pirogue which, he says, is being restored for a possible journey to Europe ...

Item 1 of 6 Clothes hang to dry at Diogue Diola village which is threatened by the rising sea levels and coastal erosion in Diogue island, Senegal July 14, 2022. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra ...

An aerial drone photo taken on May 4, 2025 shows Ngor Island in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The Ngor Island is a popular destination for water sports, recreational fishing, and birdwatching.

Dozens of residents from the village of about 20,000 people, around 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of the capital Dakar, died at sea after their migrant boat set off more than a month ago.

Goree Island lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. Ruled in succession by the Portuguese, Dutch, English and French, it was the largest slave-trading center on the African coast from the ...