By Guardian Nigeria 16 January 2023 | 11:35 am Rescue teams in Cape Verde have saved 88 migrants adrift in a canoe, but two others aboard the vessel have died, the national press agency Inforpress reported. Rescue teams in Cape Verde have saved 88 migrants adrift in a canoe, but two others aboard the vessel have died, the national press agency Inforpress reported. The motorised canoe, known as a pirogue, was spotted by a lighthouse keeper on Saturday on the coast of the northern island of Boa Vista, it said. The migrants come from Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone, Inforpress said on Sunday, quoting local police. Six have been hospitalised with dehydration, it said. Cape Verde is a former Portuguese archipelago located around 600 kilometres (350 miles) off the coast of West Africa. It has previously picked up migrants in distress trying to make the crossing to the Spanish islands of Canaries — a gateway to the European Union — but high numbers are rare. According to the newspaper Expresso das Ilhas, the canoe had left The Gambia 25 days before but ran out of fuel. Latest 13 mins ago A chemical plant explosion in China has left at least five people dead and eight missing, state media reported Monday. 27 mins ago The toll from Russia’s devastating strike on a residential block in Dnipro rose on Monday to 36, as fears grew more bodies would be pulled from the rubble and the Kremlin denied responsibility. 36 mins ago German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht resigned on Monday after coming in for months of heavy criticism over Berlin’s stuttering response to the war in Ukraine. 1 hour ago 105 million users can enjoy rich Sports & Entertainment content DUBAI, UAE, 16 January 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- TOD, the fastest growing streaming platform for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has struck a strategic partnership with TPAY, the payments leader for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META), allowing users to subscribe to its rich sports… 1 hour ago A barbing salon operator, Tochukwu Onah has been electrocuted while allegedly attempting to vandalize the distribution transformer of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC). Guardian gathered that the lifeless body of the salon operator was discovered in the early hours of yesterday, at Ede Oballa, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State within the space…
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