<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">At least 14 people have died after their wooden boat capsized off the Senegalese capital Dakar, a district deputy mayor told AFP on Monday.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>“It seems to be migrants,” Samba Kandji said after several similar tragedies in recent weeks.</div><div><br></div><div>Rescue workers were still looking for more bodies after the pirogue overturned overnight from Sunday to Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>“The navy told the vessel to draw alongside and they fled,” Kandji later added.</div><div><br></div><div>“I was told 14 (dead) but two more bodies have been found. We assume it’s 16,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Activity has increased in recent weeks along the Atlantic sea route from northwest Africa used by migrants to try to reach Europe via Spain’s Canary Islands. By Channels Television</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>