Cops fly to Africa in hunt for lost explorer.NEARLY a year after he went missing, police are heading to West Africa West Africa A region of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea. It was largely controlled by colonial powers until the 20th century. West African adj. & n. to search for an explorer. Christian Velten, 28, vanished as he retraced the route taken by Scots explorer Mungo Park more than 200 years ago. A pounds 40,000 rescue operation by former Army and Interpol officers has failed to find the Edinburgh University graduate. His parents, Tim and Pauline, of Burwash, East Sussex
Coordinates: Burwash is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. , have campaigned for months for the official police investigation. Detectives will fly out from Britain on March 1. Christian set off last February for the 2500mile trip, armed with pounds 1140. His plan was to cross West Africa by foot and canoe canoe (kən  `), long, narrow watercraft with sharp ends originally used by most peoples. before
following the River Niger through Mali, Niger and Nigeria in a canoe.
His mother said: 'We have to believe he's alive.' |
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