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.
Phoenix Express operations ended Friday, after a 12-day exercise that brought together North African, European, and U.S. maritime forces
Military officials from Morocco and Mauritania met in Rabat this week for their fifth Joint Military Commission session, reaffirming a
Mauritania's former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz appeared in court on Wednesday at the opening of his appeal
A corruption scandal in Mauritania is threatening to put the country’s anti-migration partnership with the European Union at risk.
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