GoA & Indian Ocean

  • Hostages Still Held

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    Somali pirates are still holding 11 foreign vessels for ransom with 167 crew members as hostages as of September 30 even as the number of ships signalling attacks by Somali […]

  • Iranian Dhow Saved

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    EU Naval Force frigate FGS Sachsen saved Iranian dhow from suspected pirates (2nd update) On Saturday, 20 October 2012, the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) German frigate FGS Sachsen located […]

  • Puntland ‘Seizes Arms From Yemen’

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    Bossaso — Security forces in Somalia’s Puntland autonomous region have seized a depot of arms and bomb material along the country’s northern coastline, in another sign that Al Qaeda militants […]

  • Norwegian Frigate to Lead NATO Maritime Group

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    “The frigate will thus be leading the important task of combating pirate activity off the coast of the Horn of Africa”, says Defence Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen. NATO has asked Norway […]

  • Pakistan Pledges Help to Somalia

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    United Nations — With the nine-year-old transitional period in Somalia having ended peacefully, Pakistan pledged all possible support to the African nation which now was on the “cusp of a […]

  • Task Force 152 Gulf Exercise

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    Vessels of multiple nations recently joined forces to complete a two day maritime security training exercise in the Gulf. Exercise Falcon Warrior 12-05 was the first of many such events […]

  • Piracy drops by 54% in Gulf of Aden

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    Ahead of the upcoming Seatrade Middle East Maritime exhibition and conference, the International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre confirms that pirate attacks off the Somali coast have declined by […]

  • Synergy

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    Navy chief stresses on synergy to combat maritime threats. New Delhi: Alluding to the growing maritime threats, including piracy, Indian Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi on Tuesday underlined the “constant […]

  • Shipping Faces New Security Challenge

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    Piracy off the coast of East Africa has fallen dramatically over the past year thanks in part to better naval surveillance and shipping companies going to sea with armed maritime […]

  • Somalia Peace and Security

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    ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, October 12, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/– The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 337th meeting held on 11 October 2012, was briefed […]

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