FACTBOX – Attacks in the Gulf of Guinea

(Reuters) – Pirates attacked an oil tanker off the coast of Benin on Tuesday, killing a Ukrainian officer and stealing the contents of the ship’s safe, the head of the West African country’s navy said.

Africa’s Gulf of Guinea nations have been struggling with mounting threats from piracy and kidnappings in the area, home to myriad rebel groups and smugglers.

Here is a list of some of the attacks that have taken place in the Gulf, which stretches from Angola to the south, around Africa’s central and western coast, to the Guineas in the west.

Reuters