Takeaways: Gambia's fishermen are caught in a 'sea war' with foreign vessels

BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Video exclusively obtained by The Associated Press documents an emerging problem in the fight for dominance between Gambian fishermen and foreign-owned commercial vessels in West African waters.

Local fishermen, angered by what they call illegal encroachment and sabotage by the foreign vessels, confronted one of the boats, the Egyptian-owned Abu Islam. Video footage shows the unintended result: A local fisherman, part of the foreign vessel's crew, writhes with severe burns from the arson attack by his countrymen.