lethal
force in self-defence.
The African Union is setting up a 5,000-strong regional force to
hunt down
the
fugitive
Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony. An online campaign for the capture of the leader of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army was launched earlier this month. The AU official in charge of counter- terrorism cooperation says Joseph Kony has three choices: to surrender, be captured or as he put it, to be neutralised.
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The European naval force operating off the Horn of Africa is being given a new attack policy allowing it to fight Somali pirates on land as well as at sea. The European Union will permit its warships to attack pirate boats and fuel dumps on Somali beaches. Frank Gardner reports.
部署在非洲之角的欧洲海军接到新的进攻政策,允许它打击陆上和海上的索马里海盗。欧盟将允许其军舰袭击索马里海滩上的海盗船和燃料库。Frank Gardner报道。
Boats, ladders, fuel dumps and four-by-four vehicles belonging to Somali pirates will all be considered legitimate targets on land under the EU's new dramatically scaled-up scope of operations. European Union officials have agreed to extend their counter-piracy mission of Somalia to at least the end of 2014. They've also agreed in principle to take the fight with maritime piracy to bases along the coast for the first time although naval officers denied this would mean putting troops on the ground.