Tag: Piracy
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The Forgotten Somali Pirate Hostages
The long ordeal for Abedo hostages took a turn for the worse nine days ago when the ship sank in shallow waters of the notorious pirate town of Haradheere The […]
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Worrying Surge in Piracy in Gulf of Guinea
The number of attacks by pirates worldwide has fallen in the last year but armed robbery and kidnappings at sea have surged off the coast of west Africa Worrying surge […]
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Environment and Security
In the light of the IMB’s report on maritime crime in West Africa, last Thursday’s panel discussion at The House of Commons was both extremely well timed and topical Environment […]
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Security in Gulf of Guinea
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan will leave for Cameroon on Sunday ahead of a meeting of West and Central African leaders on maritime security in the pirate-infested Gulf of Guinea Regional […]
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Tackling Insecurity in West Africa’s Waters
For the first time, piracy now affects more seafarers in West African waters than off Somalia’s coast, according to figures from the International Maritime Bureau released last week Tackling Insecurity […]
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Abduction Like Bad Movie
A French sailor freed from his kidnappers in Nigeria has described the attack on his ship and his five-day ordea as though he had been in a bad movie. Traumatised […]
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Piracy Surge Endangering Commodities Shipping
Pirate attacks off West Africa’s mineral-rich Gulf of Guinea have almost doubled from last year and threaten to increase the costs and jeopardise the shipping of commodities from the region […]
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What Happened to Somalia’s Pirates?
Since the capture of the Smyrni and her crew of 26 on May 10th 2012, Somali pirates have not hijacked any more vessels. Why are the pirates at bay? What happened to Somalia’s […]
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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 […]
