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Shipwreck off Libya could be deadliest in the Mediterranean so far this year

Migrants often make the journey from Libya to Europe in overcrowded boats

Up to 150 people may have drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya, the UN refugee agency says.

Homosexual acts are illegal in Tanzania, and we hear what life is like for a transsexual woman living there.

And we visit the main commercial town in Cameroon's southwest region where commercial motor bikes have been put on a 10-day ban.

(Photo: migrants aboard an unflatable boat rescued off Libya's coasts on January 19, 2019. Credit:FEDERICO SCOPPA / AFP)

53 minutes

Last on

Thu 25 Jul 201917:06GMT

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  • Thu 25 Jul 201917:06GMT

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