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Abuja – Nigeria is currently going through “a trying moment”, President Goodluck Jonathan said on Monday while unveiling seven new police helicopters. “This is quite a trying moment for this country in terms of security,” Jonathan said during the unveiling … read more »
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Twenty-two hostages held captive for nearly three years by Somali pirates have been rescued by troops who raided a hijacked ship. Forces of Somalia’s Puntland region captured the Panama-flagged MV Iceberg 1 which was docked near the Gara’ad coastal village … read more »
Cape Town – Somali pirates have acquired sophisticated Libyan weaponry for bolder attacks on ships, it was reported on Friday. Weapons like mines and shoulder-held missile launchers were being acquired in one of the biggest black markets for illegal gun … read more »
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Pirate attacks are a little less frequent than last year, but the European Union has no intention of easing the pressure on Somali outlaws who prowl the Horn of Africa coast and the Indian Ocean. On Friday, the EU agreed … read more »
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Kuala Lumpur – Heavily armed gunmen fired on an oil tanker off the coast of Nigeria in the latest in a spate of pirate attacks in the increasingly treacherous Gulf of Guinea, a maritime watchdog said on Thursday. The Panamanian-flagged, … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Benin, Cargo ship, Gulf of Guinea, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Maritime Bureau, Kuala Lumpur, Nigeria, piracy, Wednesday
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Kuala Lumpur – Armed pirates opened fire on a cargo ship in an attack off the Nigerian coast, kidnapping the captain and chief engineer and robbing the crew before escaping, a maritime watchdog said on Wednesday. Tuesday’s attack also left … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Benin, Cargo ship, Gulf of Guinea, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Maritime Bureau, Kuala Lumpur, Nigeria, piracy, Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
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The Captain and chief engineer of a cargo vessel were killed today by pirates operating off the coast of Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos, International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said. “Armed pirates chased and fired upon a drifting bulk carrier. Vessel … read more »
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Norfolk – The Somali ambassador to the United Nations said on Wednesday that a man from his country charged with piracy should be tried in Somalia instead of the US courtroom where he’s being prosecuted. Ambassador Elmi Ahmed Duale had … read more »
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Tagged Elmi Ahmed Duale, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Indian Ocean, piracy, Shibin, Somalia, United Nations, United States
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As economists and central bankers debate what it will take to kick-start growth around the world, a motley crew of seafarers in the contested East Africa nation of Somalia have quietly been pursuing their own radical form of monetary policy. … read more »
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Tagged Chatham House, East Africa, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, piracy, Piracy in Somalia, Puntland, Somali, Somalia, United Nations
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BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, January 13, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — At first light on 12 January 2012, having just completed the escort of a World Food Programme ship carrying food-aid into Somalia and while operating close to the Somali … read more »
Spanish forces have captured six alleged pirates in the Indian Ocean, after the suspects attacked a Spanish navy ship. The Spanish defense ministry says pirates aboard a skiff (small boat) opened fire on the combat support ship “Patiño” early Thursday. … read more »
October 25, 2011 by benim
New York – The UN Security Council has unanimously agreed to ask all countries around the world to make piracy a crime in light of the growing problem in Somalia. Council members on Monday asked all UN member states to … read more »
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October 11, 2011 by benim
Rome – British and US commandos on Tuesday freed an Italian vessel with a crew of 23, which had been hijacked by pirates off Somalia, Italy’s defence and foreign ministries said. “The vessel has been freed… thanks to the joint … read more »
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September 18, 2011 by benim
A British woman, who was kidnapped in Kenya after her husband was killed, is in the hands of Somali pirates in the centre of the lawless Horn of Africa nation, pirates and an elder in the region said on Sunday. … read more »
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September 17, 2011 by benim
Somali pirates have released a Mongolian-flagged bulk carrier they seized off the coast of Oman in January after receiving a ransom, pirates and a maritime monitoring group said. The 22,835-tonne Vietnamese-owned bulk carrier MV Hoang Son Sun was hijacked some … read more »
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September 7, 2011 by benim
Copenhagen – Somali pirates have released a Danish family, with three teenage children, and two other Danes who they took hostage in February, the Danish foreign ministry said on Wednesday. “The seven Danes have been released and brought to safety,” … read more »
Two Somali men were sentenced to life in prison today for their roles in the hijacking of a yacht off the coast of Africa that left all four Americans on board dead. Ali Abdi Mohamed, 30, and Burhan Abdirahman Yusuf, … read more »
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In recent weeks, there have been increased reports of pirates seizing ships in the Gulf of Guinea, just off the shores of Ghana including the seizure of a tanker carrying oil from Ghana. Yet, there has not been any official … read more »
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Pirates attacked an Italian tanker carrying a cargo of diesel fuel in the Gulf of Guinea off Benin, making off with some goods but leaving the crew unharmed, local authorities said. Earlier the Italian Foreign Ministry said the ship, the … read more »
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Nairobi – A new, first-of-its-kind book is giving an inside look at the lives of Somali pirates. Author Jay Bahadur lived among pirates in Somalia to write his first book, The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World. It’s being … read more »
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When Somalian pirates are caught there is often nowhere to try them, as Somalia itself has little effective central government. But some have been tried and jailed in the breakaway territory of Somaliland. “You cannot go and see the … read more »
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Maritime piracy can’t be condemned too strongly. It is a breach to the most fundamental principles of modern civilization. In the worst-hit areas off the Horn of Africa, no seafarers — whether on merchant ships or even yachts — can … read more »
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A Somali pirate says a fire is tearing through a hijacked ship that pirates are holding off the country’s coast. The pirate, who gave his name as Hassan Abdi, said an undisclosed number of pirates and hostages were forced to … read more »
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NAIROBI — Somali pirates have released the Kuwaiti crude oil tanker Zirku, held since late March, after a “massive” ransom was paid, a piracy watchdog said Sunday. “Sources close to the owners, diplomatic sources and local observers confirmed that the … read more »
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Mogadishu – Somali pirates say they freed a UAE-flagged, Kuwaiti-owned oil tanker after a $12m ransom was paid. The 105 846 dead weight tonne MV Zirku was captured on March 28 on its way to Singapore from Sudan with a … read more »
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A top U.S. commander Wednesday said piracy in Somalia can only be defeated if the international community helps restore governance in the poor, lawless African country. Adm. Robert Willard, chief of the U.S. Pacific Command, said navy patrols alone cannot … read more »
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WASHINGTON — A tenth Somali man arrested on charges related to the hijacking of a yacht off the coast of Oman in February pleaded guilty Thursday to piracy charges for the attack that left four Americans dead, US prosecutors said. … read more »
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Three Britons have been arrested trying to smuggle a cash ransom of more than £2 million into Somalia to secure the release of two hijacked ships from pirates. The Britons, who are among a group of six foreigners also understood … read more »
Two Somali men pleaded guilty to piracy Wednesday in a U.S. court for their roles in the highjacking of a yacht that left four Americans dead. Ahmed Sala Ali Burle told authorities in Norfolk, Virginia he tried to stop the … read more »
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The Somali government security forces on Tuesday seized almost 3.5 million U.S. dollars and arrested a number of foreigners at Mogadishu airport as they tried to transfer the money meant to pirates in the centre of the country, an official … read more »
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