Piracy Concerns Mounting

There have been five reported piracy attacks in the gulf of guinea during 2009, and four additional attempted attacks. While this is far less than in the waters off Somalia, it is a growing concern for the US and France, who depend on the region for oil. The US has deployed the USS Nashville, a 17,000-tonne warship, to conduct naval training for Gulf of Guinea countries like Cameroon. Cameroon has stepped up the deployment of special forces to the Bakassi peninsula, in response to growing militancy in the

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