SENEGAL’S President Abdoulaye Wade has “declared war” on “pirates” he accuses of pillaging the country’s offshore fish stocks, singling out Russian trawling fleets in particular. He denounced the former Socialist Party government which he accused of “looting our coasts by making secret deals with Russian trawlers” and an “anarchic” distribution of fishing licences. Fishing employs 600000 people in Senegal, two-thirds of whom are traditional fishermen. It is the main export sector, providing an income estimated at $243m. – AFP