Somalia Pirates
Somalia Pirates
Piracy off the Somali coast has been a threat to international shipping since the beginning of Somalia's civil war in the early 1990s. Since 2005, many international organizations, including the International Maritime Organization and the World Food Programme, have expressed concern over the rise in acts of piracy. Piracy has contributed to a rise in shipping costs and impeded the delivery of food aid shipments. Ninety percent of the World Food Programme's shipments arrive by sea, and ships have required... read more
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Somalia: Heads of Govt to Debate Nation's Future
From AllAfrica.com Dated 7 February 2012 [African Arguments] If I were a Somali...
Britain Names Ambassador to Somalia
From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Dated 3 February 2012 Britain sent Foreign Secretary William Hague to Mogadishu and appointed an ambassador to Somalia for the first time in two decades on Thursday, signaling London's intention to help make a push to address the country's long-running conflict. Mr. Hague's visit...
Italy Asks Somalia for Help to Free Hijacked Ship
From Big News Network Dated 1 February 2012 Tanker Enrico Levoli attacked and seized by pirates in Arabian Sea (Reuters) Italy has asked the Somali prime minister for help in freeing an Italian ship hijacked by Somali pirates in ...
US hostage freed in Somalia home tonight
From Big News Network Dated 1 February 2012 After a raid by U.S. Navy SEALS rescued American aid worker from pirates in Somalia, Jessica Buchanan was recovering in Italy, before heading home. (AP ...
Report: US hostage freed in Somalia home tonight
From CBS News Dated 1 February 2012 Rescued from Somali pirates six days ago, Jessica Buchanan should be arriving home in Pennsylvania tonight, ABC News reports
Report: US hostage freed in Somalia home tonight
From CBS News Dated 1 February 2012 Rescued from Somali pirates six days ago, Jessica Buchanan should be arriving home in Pennsylvania tonight, ABC News reports
Somalia Pirates Next Move
From Fareed Zakaria: World View Dated 31 January 2012 The stunning rescue by Navy Seals of two hostages in Somalia, points to a worrying new trend of pirates leaving their ships for vicious land-based attacks. Expert Jay Bahadur on what’s next.
Colleagues Of Killed Somali Journalist: ‘We Don’t Know Why We Are Being Targeted’
From Think Progress Dated 30 January 2012 Amid the riveting tales from Somalia of a daring special operations rescue of aid workers, captures of Somali pirates, and, today, news of Ethiopian forces pressing a new front in their battle for the anarchic Horn of Africa state, comes...
Somali pirates blame ‘Health and Safety gone mad’ for downturn
From NewsBiscuit Dated 30 January 2012 Pirates operating off the coast of Somalia have blamed ‘overregulation’ and an over-zealous attitude to enforcement of Health and Safety rules for their recent lack of success in major piracy operations.
Britain may try, jail Somali pirates
From Big News Network Dated 29 January 2012 Somalia boost its inadequate prison capacity, a British minister said on Saturday. Pirates operating from the Somali coast have raked in hundreds of millions of dollars in ransoms from hijacking ...
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Satellite Imagery Shows Piracy Leads to Economic Development in Somalia
From Chatham House Dated 12/01/2012
