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EPISODE · Nov 15, 2014 · 50 MIN

Chasing West Africa's Pirates

from The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2014 · host BBC World Service

There are now more pirate attacks in the Gulf of Guinea than off the coast of Somalia - once considered the global 'piracy hotspot'. The BBC’s Mary Harper travels to Lagos, one of the busiest ports in Africa, to explore the highly complex world of piracy.

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