It wasn't until the day after that Aliou Cissé heard the earth-shattering news about his family. Sitting in his new flat in south-east Birmingham, late at night and more than 24 hours after a ferry, ...

A woman looks at photos of people who died in the Joola ferry disaster Idrissa Diallo, who lost his three young sons 10 years ago in Senegal's Joola ferry disaster - one of the worst maritime ...

Twenty years after Le Joola ferry sank, the Senegalese town where half of the nearly 1,900 dead lived paid tribute on Monday to those killed in the disaster described as a "wound that never heals".

Tourists, vendors, babies, hundreds of university students and a soccer team from Senegal perished in a little-known ferry disaster 20 years ago. Survivors and families of victims still want justice.

What was a trip of a lifetime for some and a day out for others ended in one of the world's worst maritime disasters, with victims' families still seeking justice 20 years on. Nadine Verschatse's eyes ...

Twenty years after Le Joola ferry sank, the Senegalese town where half of the nearly 1,900 dead lived paid tribute on Monday to those killed in the disaster described as a "wound that never heals." ...

On a visit last Saturday to Zinguinchor, former Senegalese prime minister and leader of the AFP opposition party has claimed to have a solution that could enable maritime traffic between Dakar and ...

When the Ziguinchor-Dakar ferry "Le Joola" sank on Friday it took with it several of Senegal's most talented young footballers. Two football schools based in Ziguinchor were transporting their players ...

Storms and overcrowding are often blamed for ferry disasters. Following are 10 ferry disasters that had some of the highest numbers of casualties worldwide: 1987: Dona Paz ferry collided Dec. 20 in ...

Vicars and deacons walk at the end a Catholic Mass in memory of the victims from the capsizing of the ‘Le Joola’ in Ziguinchor on September 26, 2022. – September 26, 2022, marks the 20th anniversary ...