Abidjan confirms French tanker hijacked off Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN: A French tanker has been hijacked off Ivory Coast, port authority officials in the economic capital Abidjan confirmed Monday, after a report that the vessel had been seized by pirates.

"The boat was hijacked in international waters," Alexis Guie, in charge of communication at the port, told AFP.

The International Maritime Bureau in Kuala Lumpur earlier said that a French tanker disappeared at the weekend off the west African country, apparently in an act of piracy.