GoA & Indian Ocean
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The World from Berlin
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government approved an expansion of the EU’s anti-pirate mission off the coast of Somalia on Wednesday to allow military strikes on land. German commentators share the opposition’s […]
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Fight Them on the Beaches
The German government has given the green light to the extension of the European Union’s anti-piracy operation off the Horn of Africa. Warships and helicopters are to be permitted to […]
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Arrests in Tanzania
Official sources in Tanzania have stated that the suspected pirates arrested on an island close to the Songo-Songo gas fields were in close communication with a mother ship carrying seven […]
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Strike on Pirate Base
Witnesses confirm bombardment of suspected Somali pirate base. According to the witnesses, aircraft struck a north-eastern coastal village some 220 kilometres east of Bossaso, the main port in Puntland. War planes […]
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Tensions in Persian Gulf
Iran has warned that should diplomacy fail, its military is ready for action over the strategic Abu Musa island in the Persian Gulf. The disputed Gulf island is controlled by […]
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Marines to Battle Pirates
This month the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Maritime Raid Force began training at Camp Pendleton and Naval Base San Diego with Special Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, […]
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Innocent Somali Crew Rescued
On Saturday 14 April Spanish warship ESPS Reina Sofia, who is now operating as part of the EU’s counter-piracy mission, Operation Atalanta, stopped a Yemeni dhow that was suspected of […]
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What is Piracy?
The trial of a Somali man U.S. authorities consider the highest-ranking pirate they have ever captured will begin this week in Virginia under a cloud of uncertainty about what the […]
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Investment Plea
During a maritime security conference in Cape Town, South Africa’s Navy chief, Vice-Admiral Johannes Mudimu, called on African countries to invest more in protecting their seas from piracy. Plea to […]
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Yemeni Fishermen Kidnapped
According to a statement from the Yemeni Interior Ministry, nine Yemeni fishermen have been kidnapped by Somali pirates while fishing in the territorial water of the Arabian Sea. Somali pirates […]
