Tag: pirate attack

  • Pirates free hostages

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    Leon Dias crew released by captors. Foreign sailors seized off Nigeria freed Niger Delta oil rebels have freed five foreign hostages seized last month off the coast of Nigeria, a […]

  • China’s new base underway

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    Base to provide logistical support to anti-piracy ships. China begins building military logistics base in Djibouti BEIJING: China today said it has started constructing its first overseas logistics facility in […]

  • Nigerian military on red alert

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    Tough talk does little to hide reality in Delta. Nigeria: ‘Military On Red Alert to Combat Militants – CDS The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonishakin, has said that […]

  • Pirates and Illegal fishing

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    Concerns that foreign fleets are destroying fish stocks. The link between illegal fishing and piracy in Somalia By Zeina_Awad When Siad Barre’s government collapsed in 1991 Somalia was plunged into […]

  • New patrol boat for Ivory Coast

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    Navy plans to add 40 new ships in total. Ivory Coast receives final RPB-33 patrol boat The Ivory Coast’s navy has received its third and final RPB33 patrol vessel from […]

  • On board through the Gulf

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    Transiting through pirate waters. How To Navigate The Pirate-Infested Gulf Of Aden Olivier Grivat SUEZ CANAL — In Port Said, Egypt, at the mouth of the Suez Canal, three private […]

  • Delta continues to heat up

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    Continues to avoid arrest but denies stirring up trouble. Tompolo denies giving Buhari ultimatum to withdraw soldiers Lovelyn Okocha Former General Officer Commanding, GOC, Movement for the Emancipation of the […]

  • Russia holds piracy drills

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    Around 200 marines take part in anti-terror, piracy drills. Russian Marines Conduct Anti-Piracy Exercises Russian marines carried out drills last week involving exercises on recapturing a civilian vessel seized by pirates, a spokesman […]

  • Hijacked ship freed off Nigeria

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    Ship had been attacked previously. 10 Indians rescued from pirates with Nigeria’s help NEW DELHI: 10 Indian crew members on board a ship ‘Maximus’ that was hijacked by pirates have […]

  • Kenyan released by Somali pirates

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    Kidnap was not covered by Western media. Man abducted by pirates returns after 15 months By Luke Awich It was joy and celebrations at Mundoro village in Kiambu when a […]

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