Africa: All of Africa Today – February 10, 2026

53 Migrants Dead After Boat Capsizes Off Libya

A rubber boat carrying 55 migrants from several African countries overturned off the coast of Libya after taking on water about six hours after leaving al-Zawiya, the UN migration agency said. Only two Nigerian women survived, and both received emergency medical care from the International Organisation for Migration, which reported that nearly 500 people had been declared dead or missing on the Libya-Europe route so far in 2026. The survivors said…