All branches of the Kenyan Armed Forces were on full alert on Saturday night and heading for a showdown with the pirates who seized a cargo ship carrying battle tanks for the army.

The ship, the ‘MV Faina’ contains 33 Russian made T-72 tanks, huge quantities of ammunition and grenade launchers for the Kenyan forces.

Meanwhile, a heavily armed Russian warship entered Somalia waters and was preparing to rescue the crew of 17 Ukrainians, three Russians and a Latvian aboard the hijacked ship….[MORE]

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