Rescue planes are searching for 80 fishermen, most in just small canoes, missing off the coast of Senegal after three days of stormy weather.
Around 25 of the over 100 fishermen first reported missing had been found and there were hopes of saving those still at sea in their mainly narrow canoes.
For the past three days, the former French colony on the Atlantic coast has been lashed by torrential rains and unseasonally cold weather.
More than 37 crew members are missing after a large fishing vessel sank off the Red Sea coast.
The Abu el-Fawaressank about 20 miles from Ras Gharib, a port south of the Suez canal. It is not immediately clear what caused the vessel to sink. The Egyptian-registered vessel had been fishing in the Red Sea waters for a few days and did not send any distress signals, police said.