somali piracy

The United Nations is calling for another year of international naval operations to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia more than three years since the last

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Merchant vessels sailing through busy shipping lanes between Somalia and Yemen may be underestimating the risk

By Ed Stoddard CAPE TOWN, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Somalia looks more likely to strike oil than gas in its long pursuit of offshore riches, making it easier for

Somali pirates launched their first attacked on a merchant vessel in more than two and a half years, the European Union’s counter piracy operation

By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Somali pirates have freed 26 Asian sailors held captive in a small fishing village for more than four years

A Mauritian Court on Friday overturned an earlier ruling and convicted twelve men of piracy over a January 2013 attack on the containership MSC Jasmine in the

Another attempted boarding of a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden shows that pirates are still active in the region, at least off the coast of Yemen. The

PARIS, March 29 (Reuters) – Seven Somali men accused of hijacking a French yacht in an assault in which its owner was killed and his wife abducted in the

By Paul Richardson (Bloomberg) — Ships traveling through waters off the coast of Somalia face an increased risk of piracy this year, fostered by

By Abdiqani Hassan BOSASSO, Somalia, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Somali pirates have hijacked an Iranian fishing vessel with 15 crew members, a Somali official

By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA, Nov 18 (Reuters) – East Africa’s biggest port of Mombasa will spend 100 million shillings ($980,392.16) to build a new

  By Ilya Gridneff (Bloomberg) — Piracy that caused havoc to international shipping off Somalia’s coast over the past decade may return if illegal

  EU Naval Force Operation Commander warned a room full of shipping executives that while Somali piracy in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden is down,

  An informal survey of convicted Somali pirates is shedding new light into their motivations, attitudes towards piracy, and what has been the biggest

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed to establish a liaison office in Djibouti to boost anti- piracy efforts off the Horn of Africa, the 28-nation

A small coastal tanker is hijacked by pirates in South East Asia every two weeks on average, according to a new report from the International Maritime Bureau

Earlier this week pirates hijacked an Iranian fishing vessel in the waters off the coast of Somalia, the AFP has reported. The AFP report, which cited an

Somali pirates released four Thai nationals who were held captive for more than four years, an anti-piracy official

The small island nation of Seychelles has acquitted three previously convicted Somali pirates and has ordered their repatriation, marking the latest judiciary

Denmark has compensated nine Somalis suspected of trying to hijack a Danish ship in 2013 because they were detained too long before being brought before a