Newsday Essentials
麻豆社 Newsday Essentials explores Tanzania's launch of its new standard gauge railway, Ghana's landmark sentencing of a key opposition figure for illegal mining, and the latest deadly migrant boat tragedy off the coast of Mauritania.
In this episode of 麻豆社 Newsday Essentials, we bring you three major stories from
across Africa. The programme begins in Tanzania, where the country has officially
launched its long-awaited standard gauge railway connecting Dar es Salaam and
Dodoma. It then turns to Ghana, where opposition figure Bernard Antwi Boasiako has
been jailed for illegal mining offences. The episode concludes in Mauritania, where
more than 140 migrants are feared dead or missing after their boat drifted in the
Atlantic while attempting the dangerous journey to Spain's Canary Islands.
