China increases military presence in Indian Ocean

China is forming military links in Africa and in the Indian Ocean in order, experts say, to protect Beijing's economic interests in the region.

SA, Moz and Tanzania in 'innovative' anti-piracy pact

South Africa and Mozambique have signed an agreement to join forces with Tanzania to fight piracy in Southern African waters.

West Africa nations meet to discuss piracy surge

Benin, Togo and Ghana begin a three-day meeting in Cotonou next week to hammer out ways to end a recent upsurge in piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.

UN backs West Africa plans to combat piracy

The UN Security Council has condemned piracy in the Gulf of Guinea off the West African coast and backed regional plans to tackle the growing problem.

Piracy off Nigeria's coast 'rising to Somali levels'

A disjointed fight is being mounted against piracy off Nigeria's coast as insurers say the threat has reached levels that rival lawless Somalia.

Sisulu: Piracy threat growing in Southern Africa

Southern Africa must be on high alert as the region's shipping lanes are increasingly vulnerable to piracy, Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says.

Ten months in chains: Sailors tell of piracy ordeal

Sailors have recounted the horrors they faced during their captivity by Somali pirates who kept them in chains and treated them "like animals".

Music sales fall almost $1,5bn amid increased piracy

Global recorded music sales fell by almost $1,5-billion last year as digital piracy continued to take its toll on the industry.

Continued increase in piracy incidents 'alarming'

Pirates kidnapped a record number of seafarers in 2010 in an "alarming" escalation of the crisis centred on Somalia, a maritime watchdog says.

Five Somalis convicted in US court for piracy

Five men from Somalia were convicted in a federal court in Virginia on piracy and other criminal charges over an April attack on a US Navy ship.

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