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Rwanda Plans Mozambique Deployment to Help Fight Rebels
Rwanda plans to deploy troops to help Mozambique fight an insurgency that’s left more than 2,900 people dead and halted Africa’s biggest private investment.
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Shuwaikh Port Busts Iranian Drug Smuggling Operation
Customs officers at Shuwaikh Port foiled an attempt to smuggle nearly 17 kilograms of shabu (methamphetamine) hidden in rice sacks in a food supplies’ container arriving from Iran.
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“We have received thousands of people returned to Mozambique,” says UNHCR
Humanitarian agencies have registered 9,600 people “returned” from Tanzania to Mozambique since January. “It is a violation of the principle of non-refoulement, which means not sending back anyone..
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LTTE sea mine found at Mullivaikkal
A Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Sea mine is believed to have washed a shore at Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu.
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Stemming the Insurrection in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado
Deadly conflict in Mozambique’s ruby- and natural gas-rich northernmost coastal province feeds on a mix of colonial-era tensions, inequality and Islamist militancy. To tame the insurrection, Maputo..
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‘Dark’ ships off Argentina ring alarms over possible illegal fishing
Last year, news of a fleet of about 300 Chinese fishing vessels swarming around the Galápagos Islands, possibly to fish illegally, grabbed the attention of the world.
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UN ‘disappointed’ as Houthis delay oil tanker rescue
The UN said last week that it was “clearly disappointing” that Yemen’s Houthi rebels are again delaying a repair mission for a decaying oil tanker, which is threatening to spill its million-barrel..
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Small Sri Lanka fosters big maritime ambitions
The dramatic recent fire on a container ship off Sri Lanka highlighted the risks involved in the island nation's ambitions to become one of the world's busiest maritime transport hubs. The MV X-Press..
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