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Billions Lost From Illegal Fishing in West Africa

Extra wealth and around 300,000 jobs could be created if the practice ended

Extra wealth and around 300,000 jobs could be created if the practice ended.

Also on the programme, the new multi-billion-dollar railway line linking the capital Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa and why is Senegal's former President, 91 year old Abdoulaye Wade, running in elections this July.

(Photo: Fishermen cast their nets close to the shore of Grand Lahou, Ivory Coast, Credit: Ssouf Sanogo/Getty Images)

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Wed 31 May 201719:06GMT
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