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A ‘sea war’ brews off Gambia as desperate local fishermen attack foreign vessels, and each other

Ocean-Fisheries-The_Fishing_War_50155BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Kawsu Leigh writhed in pain on the fishing boat, his burned skin as mottled as the paint on the deck beneath him. Raw and slick, the burns covered large parts of his upper body.