Patrolled by desperate gunmen looking to capture any vessel that strays into their path the waters off East Africa are among the most dangerous in the world With Somali pirates continuing to make ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Some of the one hundred convicted Somali pirates serving jail terms at the Shimo La Tewa ...

Two Somali fishermen wearing big scarves over their ... to tell me why they have recently decided to become gun-wielding pirates - in search of million-dollar ransoms. "You are free to record ...

Mogadishu (Commentary ) — One month ago, Mogadishu welcomed Mohamed Abdi (aka Afweyne), a former pirate kingpin. He served ...

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

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 ...