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They come from a failed state whose people are desperately poor. So how have Somali pirates managed to take control of large commercial ships and hold them for days, even weeks?
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THE army yesterday warned the Somali community living in Uganda to cooperate with security agencies to avert the looming terror attack.
The warning comes at a time...
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AP, Nairobi
With U.S. warships lurking nearby, the pirates who hijacked an arms-laden Ukrainian tanker off Somalia threatened to destroy the vessel unless a ransom is paid, a...
made popular Oct 11 2008
AP, Kuala Lumpur
A maritime official says a Greek chemical tanker with 20 crew members has been hijacked by armed pirates in the Gulf of Aden near Somalia.
made popular Oct 11 2008
AP, Nairobi
The pirates who hijacked an arms-laden Ukrainian tanker off Somalia issued an ultimatum Friday and threatened to destroy the ship if no ransom is paid, a spokesman for...
made popular Oct 10 2008
AP, Nairobi
A spokesman for the group of pirates holding an arms-laden tanker off the coast of Somalia has threatened to blow up the ship in three days if no ransom is paid.
made popular Oct 10 2008
AP, Mogadishu
Ukraine said it is against using force to free its hijacked ship off Somalia’s coast as NATO marshaled a seven-vessel force to protect ships in those perilous...
made popular Oct 10 2008
AP, Manila
Somali pirates freed 20 Filipino seamen from a hijacked ship they held up for more than 80 days, officials said Friday, as the government doubled the pay of sailors...
made popular Oct 10 2008
AP, Mogadishu
A Somali official says a ship carrying cement to the East Africa country has been hijacked, after NATO joined a growing international force to protect vessels off the...
made popular Oct 10 2008
Somali pirates are demanding an $8m ransom for the release of a Ukrainian ship they are holding off the coast off their country’s northern coast.The pirates appear to...
made popular Oct 10 2008
AP, Mogadishu
NATO joined a growing international force to protect vessels off Somalia’s perilous coast Thursday, sending military ships to the treacherous waters where pirates...
made popular Oct 9 2008
AP, Manila
Pirates in Somalia released 15 Filipino seamen and four other crewmen of a chemical tanker hijacked nearly two months ago, but were still holding 67 other Filipino...
made popular Oct 9 2008
Al-Shabab fighters have killed at least fourteen Somali soldiers in an attack on a military checkpoint south of the capital, Mogadishu.
made popular Oct 9 2008
Another story I have been following: Why have we not used this ship for target practice? Weapons for genecide in African wars?
made popular Oct 9 2008
AP, Bossaso
A Somali government official says troops have freed a British oil worker abducted in northern Somalia.
made popular Oct 8 2008
AP, United Nations
The U.N. Security Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday calling on all countries with a stake in maritime safety off Somalia to send naval ships and military...
made popular Oct 7 2008
AP, Mogadishu
A Somali pirate on a hijacked cargo ship transporting tanks reduced the ransom Tuesday to $8 million (euro5.87 million), but it was unclear if he was speaking...
made popular Oct 7 2008
AP, Mogadishu
A Somali pirate on a hijacked cargo ship laden with tanks and heavy weaponry says the ransom demand has been reduced from $20 million to $8 million.
made popular Oct 7 2008
AP, Mogadishu
Mortar rounds slammed into a market in Somalia’s capital on Monday, killing at least 17 people, after a failed insurgent attack on the presidential palace.
made popular Oct 6 2008
AP, Nairobi
The crew on a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship laden with tanks and heavy weaponry appear to be in good health, a U.S. Navy spokeswoman said Monday.
made popular Oct 6 2008
AP, Nairobi
A U.S. Navy spokeswoman says the crew on a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship laden with tanks and heavy weaponry are, by all indications, in good health.
made popular Oct 6 2008
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AP, Manila
Somali pirates freed 20 Filipino seamen from a hijacked ship they held up for more than 80 days, officials said Friday, as the government doubled the pay of sailors...
made popular Oct 10 2008
AP, Mogadishu
A Somali official says a ship carrying cement to the East Africa country has been hijacked, after NATO joined a growing international force to protect vessels off the...
made popular Oct 10 2008
The Somalians and Sudanese in Greece are notorious for their drug dealings and Omonia is where they base. Both communities have shared the territory peacefully and...
made popular Oct 9 2008
Another story I have been following: Why have we not used this ship for target practice? Weapons for genecide in African wars?
made popular Oct 9 2008
AP, Bossaso
A Somali government official says troops have freed a British oil worker abducted in northern Somalia.
made popular Oct 8 2008
AP, Mogadishu
A Somali pirate on a hijacked cargo ship transporting tanks reduced the ransom Tuesday to $8 million (euro5.87 million), but it was unclear if he was speaking...
made popular Oct 7 2008
AP, Mogadishu
A Somali pirate on a hijacked cargo ship laden with tanks and heavy weaponry says the ransom demand has been reduced from $20 million to $8 million.
made popular Oct 7 2008
Some have been brought back home but with complications that need attention.
made popular Oct 6 2008
AP, Mogadishu
There have been four failed pirate attacks in the last 24 hours off the lawless Somali coast despite the presence of six American warships guarding a hijacked ship full...
made popular Oct 4 2008
AP, San`a
Yemen’s Interior Ministry says 28 Somali migrants have died after their boat capsized off the town of Shabwa because of strong wind and high waves.
made popular Oct 2 2008
AP, Mogadishu
A Somali pirate spokesman says his group will not release a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship loaded with arms for less than $20 million.
made popular Oct 2 2008
AP, Copenhagen
A Danish intelligence company specializing in maritime security says there was a dramatic increase in the number of seamen held by Somali pirates in September.
made popular Oct 2 2008
AP, Dubai
A U.S. Navy spokesman says a weapons shipment on a Ukrainian ship hijacked by Somali pirates was headed to Sudan, not Kenya.
made popular Sep 29 2008
AP, Mogadishu
An American military spokesman says several U.S. warships are surrounding an arms shipment hijacked by Somali pirates.
made popular Sep 29 2008
AP, Mogadishu
As a heavily armed U.S. destroyer patrolled nearby and planes flew overhead Sunday, a Somali pirate spokesman told The Associated Press his group was demanding a $20...
made popular Sep 28 2008
AP, Mogadishu
A man claiming to be a spokesman for the Somali pirates who seized a ship laden with Russian tanks says they want $20 million to release the vessel.
made popular Sep 28 2008
AP, Paris
French officials have filed preliminary charges against six suspected Somali pirates accused of taking two French citizens captive off the coast of East Africa this...
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AP, Mogadishu
A Somali business leader says mortars are pounding the capital’s main market and 30 people have been killed.
made popular Sep 22 2008
AP, Mogadishu
A local governor says Somali forces have freed a German man and his Somali wife two days after they were kidnapped.
made popular Sep 22 2008
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