Polish sailors kidnapped off Nigeria

Gunmen take a Lebanese businessman hostage in the northern Nigerian city of Kano after storming his factory, a police spokesman tells the BBC.

Suspected Boko Haram militants have kidnapped about 40 boys and young men in a raid on a remote village in north-eastern Nigeria, residents say.

Seafarers are up in arms with the government for not setting up a quota system to regulate the employment slots for both locals and foreigners in the maritime sector.

Eleven crew members of a Malaysian-registered ship that was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2010 are freed.

Selous Game Reserve, TANZANIA.  Ambassador Mark Childress observed on Monday a training of 50 Park Rangers by a team of U.S. Marines and Sailors.  This month long training is aimed at helping the Rangers combat illicit trafficking across the reserve.  The Marines and Sailors are from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa and are helping to develop small unit tactics, patrolling techniques, night operations, and logistical capabilities to increase the Rangers’...

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HMS Richmond Royal Navy sailors lend helping hand at orphanage
teamlocals.co.uk
Portsmouth's HMS Richmond has taken time out from her counter-terrorism and -piracy operations to provide a helping hand at an orphanage in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Between taking on supplies and hosting local dignitaries, a number of the ship's ...

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Pinda woos Polish investors
Daily News
THE Prime Minister, Mr Mizengo Pinda, has invited Polish business people to invest in Tanzania. The premier who is on a two-day state visit to Poland has invited the business people to invest in agriculture, fisheries, transport, infrastructure, minerals, energy ...

Emerging EA writers to polish skills
Daily News
TANZANIAN emerging writers will join their East African counterparts in a three-day workshop to be held in Dar es Salaam starting Friday this week. Organised by the Centre for Culture Excellence (CACE) and Culture and Development East Africa (CDEA), ...

DCs, DEDs Polish Leadership Skills
AllAfrica.com
Dodoma — District Executive Directors (DEDs), District Commissioners (DCs) and Regional Commissioners (RCs) were challenged to attend short courses at Hombolo Training Institute here, to keep themselves abreast of local government operations.