Senegal: death toll rises to 34 after boat sinks off Kebemer
APS reports an updated toll from an official source. The ministry recorded 21 deaths as of the evening of 7 November; searches continue.
The death toll from the sinking of a pirogue carrying people on a migration route off Kebemer, in Senegal’s Louga region, has risen to 34, according to reporting by the state news agency APS on 8 November 2026. APS cites an official source and says additional bodies were recovered. The toll remains provisional.
Why two tolls appear
The original Senegalese Ministry of the Interior and Public Security statement, published on 8 November, records 21 bodies and one survivor as of the evening of 7 November. APS’s report concerns a later development in the operation. The two figures must not be added together and do not describe two different shipwrecks.
Public broadcaster RTS carries the figure of 34, attributing it to APS; this is not a second independent count. ERT has also reported the updated toll.
Searches and unresolved questions
The ministry confirms that state services are mobilised to continue searches, look for possible further survivors and support families. It does not specify the total number aboard. The available information therefore cannot establish an exact number missing, and the one confirmed survivor cannot be presented as a final survivor total.
The causes and precise circumstances of the sinking have not been established in the sources checked. The minister’s visit to the area has been announced for Monday, 9 November; it is a scheduled visit.
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