A group of gunmen has been jailed for up to 20 years for an attempted hijacking in Togo's first piracy trial.

The nine men tried to seize the 1,400-dwt tanker G Dona 1 (built 1987) in Togolese waters in May 2019.

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They received sentences of between 12 and 20 years at a Lome court, African News reported.