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

After the pirates hijacked the boat we chartered, the government shut down the whole Outer Islands of Seychelles. We weren’t ...

India’s maritime pivot began a decade ago, articulated by Prime Minister Modi during a landmark visit to Mauritius in 2015. Initially focused on cooperation with immediate neighbours, SAGAR has ...

Yet for all the pirates’ talk of being modern-day Robin Hoods, ransoming western cargo ships to help their own communities, there is little to show for the estimated $500 million they have netted.

The World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) program in Somalia, co-financed by the Multi-Partner Fund (MPF) and other resources, has a total active Bank portfolio of $2.43 billion ...

Ronin, a five-year-old rat, has detected 109 landmines and 15 unexploded artillery in Cambodia since 2021. The rat, who beat the previous record set by the rodent Magawa, has been called ‘hardworking, ...

On April 8, 2009, the US-flagged cargo ship Maersk Alabama was hijacked while it was passing along the coast of Somalia. The incident flagged the pressing issue of piracy, which was believed to have ...

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have missed the playoffs again and will be about 20 games below .500 when the regular season wraps up on Sunday, but something feels different ...

With the increase in illegal and overfishing in the Indian Ocean by western countries, which cost Somalia over $500 million annually, heightened narratives of “Somali piracy” and geopolitical ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ido Levy, American University (THE CONVERSATION) On Feb. 24, 2025, members of the ...

Blue Jays fans took to social media Monday morning to celebrate Vladimir Guerrero Jr. re-upping with the team for $500 million over 14 years.

'Somali pirates kept us busy for a while between about 2005 to 2013 in the Gulf of Aden and the so-called Somali Basin as part of the Arabian Sea,' he says. During this period, ...