Senegal’s Navy boarded a Russian ship which was allegedly illegally fishing in its waters and is escorting it toward Dakar, the country’s military said on Saturday.
The ship was boarded after it was observed illegally fishing in Senegalese waters near the border with Guinea Bissau, Lieutenant-Colonel Adama Diop, a military communications officer, told AFP.
“The Navy boarded it and it is being escorted” toward Dakar, he said, adding that it was the third time in a week that an illegal fishing boat has been stopped in Senegalese waters.
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