Traditional wooden pirogues are seen at the Nouakchott Fishing Port in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Sept. 20, 2026. The Nouakchott ...

DAKAR (Reuters) -Senegalese authorities intercepted 112 migrants aboard a long wooden fishing boat known as a pirogue off the coast of Dakar on Tuesday as they attempted to reach Europe via a perilous ...

:: Their wooden boat had no engine and one man said they'd drifted for five days Abdoul Aziz Gueye, mayor of Dakar's Ouakam district, said local fishermen alerted authorities to a drifting wooden ...

Abdoul Aziz Gueye, mayor of Dakar's Ouakam district, said local fishermen alerted authorities to a drifting wooden pirogue that lacked an engine Migrants attempting Atlantic crossing disembark from a ...

THIBODAUX — Jonathan Boudreaux, 13, was the youngest person to ever enroll in wooden boat-making classes at the Louisiana Center for Traditional Boat Building. A November 1994 Daily Comet article ...