In This Issue:
Leading the News; United States – Africa Relations; North Africa; East Africa; West Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; and General Africa News.
Excerpt from Leading the News -
Libya:
On March 16th, a U.S. Special Operations Command Europe Navy SEAL team, at the request of both the Libyan and Cypriot Governments, boarded and took control of the commercial tanker Morning Glory, which was seized last week by three armed Libyan rebels. The ship was carrying oil owned by the Libyan Government National Oil Company that was illicitly obtained from the Libyan port of As-Sidra. The ship’s transit back to a Libyan port will also be supervised by U.S. sailors.
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