Can Somaliland cash in on pirate-free seas?

The waters around the Horn of Africa were among the world's most dangerous a few years ago because of frequent pirate attacks.

But patrols by international naval forces have made them much safer.

This is good news for fishermen in the self-declared republic of Somaliland.

BBC Monitoring's Africa security correspondent Tomi Oladipo reports that they hope it will prove a lucrative source of revenue in the future.

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