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Shipwreck claims four lives

[Cote d'Ivoire] Benedicte (L) and Elise, her mother, are both coinfected with AIDS and tuberculosis. They live in Danane, close to the border with Liberia, in the western part of the war-torn country where Doctors Without Borders take care of the populati PlusNews
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A Nigerian Navy team has recovered the bodies of two of four people who died in a shipwreck at the Apapa port in Lagos, ‘The Guardian’ newspaper reported on Monday. About 18 people were aboard the boat, which capsised following an explosion on the weekend of 11-12 November. The cause of the explosion is under investigation. The Navy team was initially dispatched to the wreck to rescue survivors.

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