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/ 18 September 2008
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.
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/ 16 September 2008
French forces have freed two French tourists taken hostage by pirates off the Somali coast, the French president’s office said on Tuesday.
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/ 15 September 2008
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.
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/ 9 September 2008
A Somali Islamist leader has urged the world to curb unbridled piracy off the country’s coastline.
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/ 6 September 2008
A human rights group on Friday appealed to Somali authorities to help free scores of hostages seized by pirates.
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/ 4 September 2008
Somali pirates have hijacked yet another ship and are taking it to their remote coastal base, a regional government official said on Thursday.
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/ 3 September 2008
Somalia pirates have seized a yacht with two French nationals aboard off the coast of East Africa, the French Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
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/ 2 September 2008
Somali pirates are demanding a ransom of ,2-million to free two Malaysian tankers and a Japanese-managed bulk carrier, a maritime official says.
Rapidly spreading lawlessness as Somalia collapses in the worst fighting for two nearly decades is fuelling a wave of piracy.
An explosion of piracy this month off Somalia is funding an insurgency onshore as the hijackers funnel ransom payments to Islamist rebels.
Two vessels have been seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia, the International Maritime Bureau said on Thursday.
A Malaysian oil tanker, with 39 crew on board and laden with palm oil, has been hijacked in the pirate-infested waters between Yemen and Somalia.
A Thai cargo ship has been hijacked off the Somali coast, a maritime watchdog said on Thursday as it called on the UN to halt pirate attacks.
Spain and France are looking for allies to create a multinational naval force to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia.
Africa remains a piracy hot spot following a spike in attacks in the second quarter of 2008, a marine watchdog said on Friday.
Troops from two feuding regions of Somalia are bracing for a possible showdown as they compete to rescue tourists held hostage by pirates.
A German cargo freighter hijacked off the Somali coast in May has been released and its crew freed unharmed, its owner said on Wednesday.
Somalia faces a serious food crisis if no nation steps forward with naval ships to escort relief shipments through pirate-infested waters.