A man named by the UN as a pirate kingpin has said he is renouncing crime, a community leader in Somalia has confirmed to the BBC. Mohamed Abdi Hassan, nicknamed "Afweyneh" meaning Big Mouth in ...

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

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 ...

Two Somali pirates, including one from Minnesota, have been sentenced 30 years in prison for holding an American journalist hostage for more than three years. This week, the U.S. Department of Justice ...

The ship and its crew were hijacked in late November and taken to Xaafuun district in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland, a territory in Somalia’s northeast. The pirates who took the ship later ...

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 ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. MOMBASA COUNTY: The Somalia government now says it hopes Kenya will allow the transfer 122 ...

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.