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Why land routes through Africa are more dangerous for migrants than Mediterranean crossings

Plus, why Tanzania is struggling with a shortage of university professors, and Eritrean cyclist Biniam Girmay makes history at the Tour de France.

Refugees and migrants taking land routes across Africa to get to the Mediterranean and Europe, face extreme violence, abuse and exploitation, with far more believed to be dying there than at sea, a UN-backed report says.

Plus, why is Tanzania struggling with a huge shortage of university professors?

And how the Eritrean cyclist Biniam Girmay made history at the gruelling Tour de France.

Presenter: Audrey Brown
Producers: Joseph Keen, Bella Hassan, and Nyasha Michelle in London. Charles Gitonga in Nairobi
Technical Producer: Nick Randell
Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

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