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Focus on Africa: Mauritania accused of widespread abuses against migrants

Mauritania rejects claims of systematic abuse of migrants by its security forces; Why are cybercrimes on the rise in Africa? And why is Kenya's flamingo population in decline?

A new Human Rights Watch report says the EU's and Spain’s outsourcing of migration control to Mauritania has worsened abuses against asylum seekers and migrants heading for Europe, but the Mauritanian authorities reject those claims.

Why are cybercrimes on the rise in Africa and how can you stay safe?

And we find out why the population of one of Kenya's iconic tourist attractions - flamingos - is in decline.

Presenter: Charles Gitonga
Producers: Sunita Nahar, Mark Wilberforce and Priya Sippy in London
Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne
Technical Producer: Jonathan Greer
Editors: Maryam Abdalla, Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

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