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Twenty years ago, a ship named the Joola capsized off the coast of the Gambia as it sailed from the south to the north of Senegal.
Nearly 1,900 lives were lost in the disaster, more than on the Titanic, but few outside Senegal know about this tragedy.
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Nearly 1,900 lives were lost in the disaster, more than on the Titanic, but few outside Senegal know about this tragedy.
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A new BBC Africa documentary investigates what happened that day and why the survivors and the relatives of the victims, believe justice still has not been done.
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On September 26 2002, the Joola had only just returned to service after being out for engine repair for more than a year.
The boat had been manufactured in Germany and first delivered to the Senegalese government back in 1990.
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The boat had been manufactured in Germany and first delivered to the Senegalese government back in 1990.
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