GoA & Indian Ocean
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What is a pirate?
In the violent world of piracy, Mohammad Saaili Shibin was a multilingual negotiator based in lawless Somalia, working his cellphone to negotiate multimillion-dollar ransoms for merchant ships and sailors that […]
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What Happened To Somalia Pirate Hostage?
Jessica Buchanan, an American aid worker held hostage in Somalia for 93 days beginning in 2011, has spoken for the first time about her terrifying ordeal and dramatic rescue by a […]
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Continuing Threat
The Operation Commander of the EU Naval Force, Rear Admiral Bob Tarrant, has issued a renewed warning that Somali pirates are still determined to get out to sea. Counter Piracy […]
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Africa: Piracy declines off Somali coast
It has now been one year since pirates last hijacked a ship off the Horn of Africa and the Somali Prime Minister thinks a solution to the piracy problem has […]
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Life after piracy?
“We have them in camps,” Afweyne says, speaking through a translator, “Like snakes in a cage.” He is talking about the more than 900 pirates being rehabilitated by the local […]
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Sudan’s navy commander hails Iran’s role in Red Sea security
Commander of Sudan’s Naval Forces Lieutenant General Dalil al-Daw says the presence of the Iranian fleets in the Red Sea insures security in the waters Sudan’s navy commander hails Iran’s […]
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Fire-Fighting Training
During a recent visit to Djibouti, EU Naval Force warship HSwMS Carlskrona conducted fire-fighting training with five members of the Djiboutian coastguard. EU Naval Force Warship HSwMS Carlskrona Conducts Fire-Fighting […]
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Somalia: Moving Beyond Piracy?
Recent figures from the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) show that over the past year pirate activity emanating from Somalia’s coastline has fallen dramatically. Somalia: Moving Beyond Piracy? by Adjoa Anyimadu, […]
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Mohamud and Cameron hail ‘new era’
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says Somalia has entered a new era that will herald the end of more than two decades of conflict. Somali conflict: Mohamud and Cameron hail […]
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Rising piracy threatens Bangladesh
After she heard the terrible news of her son’s murder at the hands of pirates, Ayesha Khatun could not forgive herself for sending him to sea. Rising piracy threatens coastal […]
