Somali piracy has risen sharply adding to maritime shipping threats in a region of the world already dealing with Red Sea chaos caused by Houthi attacks.

Back in 2010 the Somalis accounted for nearly all the hijackings. There are still pirates out there, but they are more into robbery than kidnapping.

While the United States isn't specifically required to help North Korea, an important part of the U.S. Navy's ongoing mission ...

But December's attack followed a recent spike in armed seaborne attacks around the Horn of Africa. Although analysts have said Somali piracy poses nowhere near the threat it did in 2011 ...

This behaviour is in stark contrast to the bravado of the pirates who used to strut around this charming, ancient port nestled between arid mountains on Somalia’s Indian Ocean coast. It has ...

Attacks rose by fourteen percent towards the end of last year, largely around the territorial waters off Somalia. According to the International Maritime Bureau, pirates attack different kinds of ...

Mogadishu was never like other African cities ... homogeneity and a port at Berbera that does not suffer the piracy afflicting the Somali coast. True prosperity, however, has not followed ...

Foreign ships arrived — as did Somali pirates who targeted them. By the early 2010s, Somali piracy had declined. A main reason for this was the entry of international navies sent into Somali ...