Tag: somali pirate attacks

  • UAE to Target ‘Pirate Kingpins’

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    The UAE has said the international response to maritime piracy should be increasingly led and owned by states in the region directly affected UAE: Target ‘pirate kingpins’ who underwrite pirate […]

  • Somali Pirates Cost $6.9 Billion

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    Somali pirates cost the shipping industry and governments as much as $6.9 billion last year as average ransom payments advanced 25 percent, according to One Earth Future Foundation. Somali Pirates […]

  • Instability in Somalia

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    The European Union will remain fully engaged in Somalia: this is the message conveyed in the first week of February by the EU during a visit in Mogadishu by senior […]

  • Piracy’s Impact on Global Economy

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    Oceans Beyond Piracy released a report that raises concerns about the cost of Somali Piracy to the world economy. Approximately 80% of all costs are borne by the shipping industry, while governments […]

  • British Government Consultation on Somalia

    Wednesday 8 February 2012 15:00 to 17:00 GMT Location Chatham House, London Type: Fee-paying or special invitation events As part of the British government’s engagement with the Somali diaspora, and […]

  • London Somalia Conference

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    The UK will host a conference on Somalia on 23 February to pull together international effort. Despite the efforts of the African Union, the United Nations and the international community, […]

  • William Hague visits Somalia

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    BBC News, 2 February 2012 William Hague has called for renewed pressure against Islamist militants during the first visit to Somalia by a British foreign secretary for 20 years. His […]

  • Piracy and Kidnapping in Somalia

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    Over the past several years, the pirates of Somalia have enjoyed what might be called a following wind. They operate in a country where government authority is weak and in […]

  • Armed Guards Revisited

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    The recent announcement by the UK Government that weapons will be allowed on UK-flagged vessels is not perhaps as revolutionary as it might first appear. Former Royal Marine Stephen Askins […]

  • Pirates Mutilate Captain

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    According to Tuoitrenews a Vietnamese Captain held hostage by Somali pirates has had his arm cut off. Tuoitrenews, an online publication of Vietnam’s Tuoi Tre newspaper, has reported that one […]

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