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Up to 150 feared dead as boats capsize off Libya
Those attempting the sea crossing from Libya to Europe are missing and feared drowned
Up to 150 people attempting the perilous sea crossing from Libya to Europe are missing and feared drowned after two migrant boats capsized.
In Nigeria, aid agency Action Against Hunger has identified six of its workers in a video who were abducted by insurgents in the northeast of the country.
And in Tunisia, the country's first freely elected President, Beji Caid Essebsi, has died at the age of 92.
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