Greenpeace Africa closely follows developments in the incident that took place off the coast of Senegal. A clash between the industrial fishing vessel "Soleil 7" and an artisanal fishing pirogue from ...

A fishing village in the outer suburbs of Dakar. Many pirogues set off from there to reach the Spanish territory of the Canary Islands, after an often deadly crossing. Baye Laye is captain of a ...

Tommie Lee Leonard, Jr., 25; Darryl D. Ancar, Jr., 26; Tyler Jacob Sylve, 22; Darrell Steven Sylve, Jr., 29; Emmett P. Barthelemy, 23; and Owen James Barthelemy, 32 ...

Arriving in Malaga Port in November 2020. A WhatsApp voice message came in from Moustapha Diouf a little over a month ago. “It has started again,” he said, “the pirogues are heading to the Canary ...

THIBODAUX, La. (AP) - Once a staple of Cajun living, the pirogue has evolved into a novelty item, largely replaced by plastic kayaks that can be purchased at outdoors stores and big-box retailers.