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

Increased naval patrols, a strengthening central government in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, and other efforts saw the piracy beaten back. However, concerns about new attacks have grown in recent ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

But the attack on the ship ... so did the mechanisms to safeguard Somalia’s territorial waters and maritime resources. Foreign ships arrived — as did Somali pirates who targeted them.

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 ...

A pirate attack was on a Bangladesh-flagged ship travelling off the coast of Somalia MADRID, March 13. /TASS/. EU’s Operation Atalanta has confirmed a pirate attack on a Bangladesh-flagged ship ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Somali military’s land forces commander, Gen. Mohamed Tahlil, said Friday that the army killed 67 terrorists in the Middle Shabelle region, bringing the number of al-Shabaab fatalities to ...