LONDON/LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Pirates have hijacked an oil products tanker with 24 crew onboard off the Gabon coast, the vessel’s operator said on Wednesday, the most southerly in a spate of raids in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea shipping zone.

LONDON (Reuters) – Pirates have hijacked an oil products tanker with 24 crew on board off the Gabon coast, the vessel’s operator said on Wednesday, as a surge in such attacks in West Africa’s mineral-rich Gulf of Guinea threatens regional shipping.