'Ghost' ship off Africa; PIRACY.A MISSING Russian cargo ship may have been found 400 miles off the remote Cape Verde islands Noun 1. Cape Verde Islands - a group of islands in the Atlantic off of the coast of Senegal Cape Verde, Republic of Cape Verde - an island country in the Atlantic off the coast of Senegal . French authorities said yesterday the 4,000-tonne freighter was off the West African West Africa A region of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea. It was largely controlled by colonial powers until the 20th century. West African adj. & n. coast. The Arctic Sea - carrying a load of timber and 15 Russian sailors - passed through the English Channel on July 28. Days later Interpol informed the British Coastguard that the ship had been hijacked days earlier in the Baltic Sea. The Maltese-flagged freighter sent radio messages along the coasts of France and Portugal and then vanished. |
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