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World Service,24 May 1996,28 mins

Lake Victoria Ferry Tragedy

This Week and Africa

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Five hundred dead as Tanzania ferry sinks on Lake Victoria. The reportedly overloaded ship went down 30 miles northwest of the lake port of Mwanza with few survivors. Also on the programme: Eritrea and Yemen agree to arbitration over Red Sea islands.

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