U.S. and European navies are teaming up with their counterparts from eight West African countries to conduct joint training operations off the coast of Senegal from now through March 14. The majority of the exercises are aimed at combating illegal fishing off the West African coast. In Dakar local fishermen and fish lovers are suffering as foreign, industrial-size trawlers net large numbers of fish and ship them primarily to European and Asian markets.
 
Issa Diene has been fishing the … [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: War and Conflict