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Somalia: Warship Seizes Suspected Pirates
allAfrica, 4 May 2009
As the European Union (EU) continues to boost its anti-piracy naval task force, a French warship has arrested more suspected pirates in the Indian Ocean between Kenya and the… Read more »
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Africa: Analysts Oppose Arming Ships Against Pirates
America.gov, 1 May 2009
In a set of hearings on Capitol Hill, analysts testified that commercial ships traveling off the African coast should not be armed, despite increasingly brazen attacks on them by… Read more »
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Somalia: American Mariners Get Lessons in Thwarting Pirates
America.gov, 4 May 2009
In the 100 years the Massachusetts Maritime Academy has taught mariners to crew merchant ships, not once had pirates hijacked a U.S.-flagged vessel. Never had weapon-wielding sea… Read more »
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Somalia: Business Calls on Pirates to Release Ship
Shabelle, 3 May 2009
Ali Mohamed Siad known as (Ali Dere), a chairman of the businessmen of Bakara market in Mogadishu has called for the Somali pirates on Sunday to release a commercial ship that… Read more »
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Somalia: Statement By Captain Richard Phillips for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States Senate, 1 May 2009
The following is the statement as prepared by Richard Phillips, Captain of the Maersk Alabama, for the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on April 30, 2009 in… Read more »
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East Africa: Desperate Situations Call for Desperate Measures
New Vision, 30 April 2009
The pirate story on the coast of Somalia is as intriguing as any fiction that has the power to capture the imagination of mankind. It gets interesting when modern society recalls… Read more »
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Somalia: Foreign Minister Wants Pirates Convicted
Shabelle, 30 April 2009
Mohamed jama' Ali known as (MJ), a director of the Somali foreign ministry has held a press conference in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday and appealed the Somali pirates… Read more »
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Nigeria: The Flipside of the Hijack Coin
Daily Trust, 29 April 2009
Two weeks ago I wrote on this page about the problems associated with the intensification of piracy off the coast of Somalia. Read more »