Pirates attack, rob ship off West African coast
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- Published on Monday, 03 October 2011 08:19
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Pirates attack, rob ship off West African coast
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CONAKRY, Guinea
A piracy watchdog group says armed pirates raided a cargo ship anchored off the coast of Guinea in West Africa.
The International Maritime Bureau issued a statement Friday saying pirates attacked the ship off Guinea's capital of Conakry on Thursday.
The bureau says the pirates, armed with guns and knives, assaulted the crew during the 45-minute attack.
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The bureau says the pirates escaped with cash and property from the ship, while port authorities never responded to the ship's calls for help.
Violent pirate attacks in West Africa's Gulf of Guinea have been on the increase in recent months. An umbrella group of London insurers recently listed Nigeria, neighboring Benin and nearby waters in the same risk category as Somalia.
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Ethnic clashes erupt in Guinea capital
(Reuters) - Rival gangs fought with knives and truncheons in Guinea's crumbling seaside capital on Friday as ethnic tension worsened before an election in the unstable West African nation, witnesses said.
Security forces in full anti-riot gear piled into the backs of pick-up trucks and deployed across Conakry to separate the fighters as President Alpha Conde's government appealed for calm.
"It has become very bad. People set fire to a car right in front of me. I've seen four people injured in the fighting," said Souleymane Bah, a resident of Bambeto, one of several areas where clashes were reported.
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