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On the east coast, Kenya’s regional rescue centre in Mombasa publishes 24-hour lines, and in Tanzania and Zanzibar the police number 112 is the public line. Madagascar’s rescue centre is reached on its full international number.
In South Africa, 112 from a mobile phone reaches the NSRI’s emergency operations centre; the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Cape Town is the 24-hour second line. Morocco’s rescue centre in Rabat and Cabo Verde’s in Mindelo are reached on their full international numbers.