Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland has rejected an attempt by the central government to give the US exclusive control ...

MOGADISHU, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Pirates have seized a Yemeni-flagged fishing boat off the coast of Somalia, marking the third such incident this year, the European Union naval force confirmed on ...

Pirates have commandeered a Taiwanese-flagged fishing boat off the coast of Africa, the European Union's Naval Force in ...

MOGADISHU, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Somali pirates have released a Yemeni-flagged fishing dhow that was seized on March 16 in the pirate-infested waters off the coast of Somalia, the European Union Naval ...

HARARE, January 24. /TASS/. At least 100 dead dolphins have been found on the coast of Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region, Reuters reported, citing the region’s fisheries minister ...

Defined by the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Law of the Sea as `any illegal acts of violence, detention or depredation committed outside territorial waters for private ends by crew or ...

A Chinese-owned fishing vessel with 18 crew members was hijacked off Somalia's coast last week. The hijackers, including the ship's security guards, are holding the vessel in Puntland. The EU naval ...

The city lies on the strategic Gulf of Aden, on the northern coast of Somaliland. The territory, which declared independence in 1991 as Somalia descended into civil war, says the facilities are ...

It is estimated that more than US$400 million was claimed in ransoms for pirate acts between April 2005 and December 2012. 179 ships were hijacked off the coast of Somalia and the Horn of Africa ...

The dhow has a crew of eight Somali nationals on board. "EUNAVFOR ATALANTA is monitoring the event and coordinating closely with the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) and with the Yemeni Coast Guard ...

Somali pirates have hijacked a Yemeni-flagged fishing vessel near Puntland, Somalia, marking the second such incident in recent months. Seven pirates took control of the boat with eight crew members ...

Kenya's military intervention in Somalia has been lauded for helping reduce piracy along the East African coast of the Indian Ocean. A report by the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of ...