Dakar: Senegal has intercepted 200 “irregular migrants”, the army said on Friday, days after 90 drowned off the coast of Mauritania while attempting the same crossing. The Senegalese navy detained a boat near the northern city of St Louis on Friday, the latest in a string of interventions over the past few months. The West African country's military last week reported intercepting a boat carrying more than 250 “irregular migrants” from several African countries.
