"South Sudan is assembling an armour fleet, preparing for any eventuality in its enduring dispute with Khartoum. Lauren Gelfand and Allison Puccioni report. In September 2008 a Ukrainian-owned ship sailing towards the Kenyan port of Mombassa was hijacked off the coast of Somalia. Among a string of high-profile attacks by the Somali-based pirates, the vessel, the MV Faina, captured public attention for its cargo: 33 T-72 main battle tanks (MBTs), weapons and ammunition and documents including a freight manifest that identified the recipient as the government of South Sudan."