Somali pirates are back on the attack, with piracy around the Horn of Africa rising sharply in recent months and adding to ...

Pirate attacks off the Somali coast peaked in 2011 - with gunmen launching attacks as far as 2,271 miles from the Somali coast in the Indian Ocean - before falling off sharply in recent years.

A maritime piracy attack occurred on the night of Jan. 31 in Gabonese waters, highlighting ongoing security concerns in the ...

Two Somali fishermen ... last year to turn to piracy. According to the European Union’s naval force Operation Atalanta, which patrols nearby, there were 26 pirate attacks between 2013 and ...

It appears to be the latest in a long line of Somali pirate attacks in the waters off the Horn of Africa this year, which have prompted military patrols by the EU, and the US navy. Security ...

That year alone, Somali pirates carried out 212 attacks. The World Bank estimated that these cost the world economy $18 billion (Sh2.8 trillion). In a recent analysis, we concluded that a range of ...

He made the announcement in Adado, a town in central Somalia where pirate hostages have often been held. Successful pirate attacks off the Somali coast fell sharply last year. Analysts say this is ...

The United States used fighter jets to conduct an airstrike against Islamic State targets in Somalia on Saturday, according ...

But over the next three years that all changed. By 2013 attacks on ships by Somali pirates had declined 95 percent from the 2010 peak. The rapid collapse of the Somali pirates since 2010 began back in ...

the dirty cash from piracy in Somalia has fuelled criminal activities including funding militia like the Al-Shabaab terrorist group that killed over 70 people in the Westgate Mall attack.

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 ...