By Vladyslav Bondarenko, maritime security specialist and Global Voices contributor.

There were five Somali piracy incidents in the first quarter of 2024, compared to zero incidents for the same period last year, according to the IMB. Increased piracy also is fueled “by local drivers, ...

December 20, 2009: Some al Shabaab groups are now ordering all adult men to grow beards. Previously, the Islamic radicals have banned soccer (football), bras, ringtones and entertainment in general.

After a decade-long lull, Somali pirates have hijacked a handful of vessels in recent months. Crisis Group expert Omar Mahmood reports on the burning anger over illegal trawling that is driving some ...

Somali-Piracy News: Spyros M Polemis Dies At 86, Pirate Attack Confirmed Off The Coast Of Somalia, IMO Finalizes Guidelines On Fair Treatment Of Seafarers, IMO. Saturday, November 23, 2024.

“Somali pirates are trying to make hay while the sun shines,” says Cyrus Mody of the International Maritime Bureau, a non-profit group that monitors piracy. Map: The Economist.

Since November 2023, suspected Somali pirates have renewed their attacks on ships moving off the east coast of Africa. Risk With the ramifications of the war in the Middle East, it appears that piracy ...

Hijackers are once again targeting ships off Somalia's coast and a recent spike in attacks has brought back memories from more than a decade ago. That was when armed Somali pirates scoured the waters, ...

Piracy was already an issue in the 2000s for the international community, this was due to the country’s maritime waters being undefended. However, piracy in Somalia did not start by an accident but as ...

Abstract Map of Somalia in a Circle Spiral Pattern with a... World Countries vector maps series. African Set Pirate flag combined with Somalian flag Somalian flag combined with the black pirate image ...

Analysis - In 2011, pirates carried out 212 attacks in a vast area spanning Somali waters, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, actions that the World Bank said cost the world ...