After seven-week hijack, Puntland locals say they are victims of foreign trawlers. But China calls the attack ‘vicious’.

Two Somali fishermen wearing big scarves over ... Between 2005 and 2012 the World Bank estimates pirate groups earned between $339m (£267m) and $413m. But the pirates suffered a reversal of ...

The rapid collapse of the Somali pirates since 2010 began back in 2009 when 80 seafaring nations formed the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia. The most visible aspect of this was an ...

Belgian police have arrested notorious Somali pirate group leader Mohamed Abdi Hassan by appealing to his vanity, prosecutors ...

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

Somali piracy was a major threat to the region and ... transit corridor protected by international naval forces and join group transits. The legal toolbox and the post-trial transfer system ...

Most of the pirates are held at ... liberated from the Al-Shabaab militant group, before the start of any repatriation exercise. He said thousands of Somali refugees had voluntarily returned ...

“If the people don’t unite against them, the pirates will become even more powerful – like the armed groups at war with the Somali government,” Jama Isse said. However, for some – like ...