The Horn of Africa will not get stability and security without accountability and peace in neighboring Yemen
Somali pirates freed a Dutch freighter with a Ukrainian crew on Tuesday, nearly two months after the vessel was first captured in the Gulf of Aden.
Somali pirates hijacked a German cargo ship carrying 11 crew in the Gulf of Aden, the latest seizure by high-sea bandits.
Somali pirates attacked the Italian merchant ship, the Jolly Smeraldo, on Thursday for a second day in a row.
Somali pirates attacked a Maltese flagged-ship before dawn on Monday with rocket-propelled grenades, but the ship escaped unharmed.
Merchant ships are fending for themselves against Somali pirates, considering tactics such as barbed wire and sonic blasters.
Pirates seized a British-owned ship and a Taiwan-registered fishing boat after taking three vessels last weekend, officials said on Tuesday.
The way you spot a Somali pirate in a sea of fishermen, says a top French naval commander, is not the AK-47s on his skiff — it’s the ladder on deck.
Somali pirates have hijacked a German tanker loaded with liquefied petroleum gas off the Horn of Africa. The ship’s 13-man crew was reported safe.
Somali pirates released a Turkish cargo ship hijacked in October after its owners paid a ransom, Turkey’s Anatolian news agency said on Wednesday.
China warned Somali pirates on Tuesday it was prepared to use force when its navy ships arrive in the Gulf of Aden to combat a wave of piracy.
Pirates have hijacked a Turkish cargo ship and a Malaysian tug boat and attacked three other vessels in the Gulf of Aden in the past week.
Egypt is willing to intervene militarily against piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the Somali coast, alone or as part of an international force.
Somali pirates who hijacked Saudi oil supertanker Sirius Star on Thursday demanded -million in ransom and set a 10-day deadline.
India said it had destroyed a Somali pirate vessel in the Gulf of Aden as other Asian nations on Wednesday mulled sending navies to the area.
More of the world’s big shipping firms are quietly diverting their fleets via the Cape instead of risking Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden.
Experts argue that a handful of warships can do little to stamp out the lucrative Somali piracy business.
As Somalia sinks deeper into hunger and despair, attacking foreign ships is proving to be one of the few profitable activities in the country.
Linking the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Aden is one of the world’s most important trading routes. It is also the most feared.
European foreign ministers on Monday agreed to set up a ”coordination unit” to help tackle the growing problem of piracy off the coast of Somalia.
