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Tragic boat capsizing off Mauritania coast as migrants attempt perilous journey to Europe. Many missing, rescued, and casualties.

At least 25 migrants have died and dozens are missing after their boat capsized off Mauritania, the country's news agency AMI said Wednesday, in the latest in a string of migrant tragedies off the coast of West Africa.

At least 40 migrants have died after a boat they were traveling in caught fire off the northern coast of Haiti, a UN agency said Friday, with police saying the explosion was sparked by a voodoo ritual gone wrong.

The head of the U.N. migration agency says that it has taken in hundreds of millions in new funding and diversified its donor base

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has warned that without concerted peace efforts in war-torn Sudan, people will continue to flee to neighbouring countries. Filippo Grandi's comments came ahead of World Refugee Day Thursday, when he highlighted the desperate plight of millions of refugees and internally displaced people across Africa.

UN says 7.26 million people fled since war began in April 2023, with 2.83 million already displaced by previous wars.

Refugees and migrants are increasingly taking the dangerous route despite instability in Yemen and fallout of Gaza war.

The U.N. migration agency tells The Associated Press that the number of internally displaced people in Sudan has reached more than 10 million as war drives many from their homes

The number of people internally displaced in Sudan due to conflict could soon exceed 10 million, the United Nations migration agency said.