Police suspect that the nine bodies discovered on a boat drifting off the coast of Pará, Brazil, were migrants from Mauritania and Mali.
Local fishermen found the vessel adrift in the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday.
The Atlantic route from West Africa to the European Union territory is one of the most dangerous in the world.
A significant increase of 500% in migration from Africa's northwest coast to Spain this year has raised concerns among European officials.
According to reporting by Anadolu, Algeria and Mauritania discussed ongoing security issues in Africa and signed a defense cooperation agreement
Mauritanian authorities allowed a protest against Christians in Sélibaby last week, where demonstrators exhumed a Christian’s body and dragged
Since the start of this year the bodies of over 100 African migrants have been recovered from Atlantic waters off
A nationwide strike brought Mauritania to a standstill on Monday, as schools, universities and markets closed in protest against Israel’
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