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A shipwreck near Djibouti on March 24 resulted in at least nine deaths and 45 missing. The vessel, carrying over 300 migrants from Africa, sank during a perilous crossing of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. This marks the first major incident this year, continuing a pattern of deadly migration tragedies in the region.