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German ship hijacked by pirates
Region: SomaliaSomali pirates hijacked a German ship with 17 crew members onboard overnight, a regional maritime official said on Saturday. Andrew Mwangura, the East Africa's Coordinator of Seafarers Assistance Program (SAP), said the ship, the Patriot, was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden between Somalia and Yemen. But he cannot confirm the nationalities of the crew. There are increased piracy-incidents along the Horn of Africa region... more
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Piracy a Multi-Million Dollar Industry
Region: SomaliaHotshots of the United States navy has made headway in killing at least three of the Somali pirates who held hostage American ship captain Richard Phillips off the coast of Somalia a few days ago. However, it took only five days for the US navy to neutralize the Somali pirates that led the rescue of the ship captain from getting killed once the ransom money is not paid. Many observers couldn't believe to themselves wh... more
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US Crew Ship Rescued
Region: Somalia
WASHINGTON – There are news that crew of US ship earlier hijacked by Somali pirates, has been retaken by the crew, the Pentagon said Wednesday. "It's reported that one pirate is on board under crew control — the other three were trying to flee," the official said. The status of the other pirates was unknown, the official said. Earlier Wednesday Somali pirates hijacked a U.S.-flagged cargo ship with 2... more
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Lawless Somalia Picks a Moderate Islamist President
Region: Somalia
Somalia's new President Recent events in Somalia have passed under the radar of headlines in the international news. In case you haven’t been paying close attention, here is a quick review: On January 31st, Somalia’s ineffective and powerless federal government met in Djibouti to elect a new President. They chose the moderate Islamist former leader of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) and current... more
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Child stoned to death in Somalia
Region: SomaliaRadhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed conflict, has strongly condemned the stoning to death of a 13-year-old Somali girl in the name of punishing her for “adultery.” According to UNICEF, Aisha Duhulow was stoned to death in a stadium in Dismayo on 27 October 2008 after local leaders accused her of adultery. According to reports, she was raped by thr... more
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Somalia: Can a hijab-wearing blogger get a respectable job in the US?
Region: Somaliaby Abdurahman Warsame This is our second roundup of Somali blogs discussing various topics including Somali politics, the challenges of wearing a hijab in the United States and the first Somali female pilot. Idil, a Somali blogger who lives in US, writes about the difficulty of getting a decent job while wearing a hijab: so trying to find a job? gosh how hard can that be? well apparently it'... more
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Fierce gun-battles rage in capital of Somalia
Region: SomaliaFierce gun-battles today in the streets of Mogadishu, capital of Somalia have left at least five Ethiopian soldiers and seven civilains dead. The gun-battles started when Ethiopian soldiers supporting the interim Government in Somalia were engaging a gang of rebel insurgents near the stadium, late Friday. Eye-witness reports suggest that the bodies of the dead Ethiopian soldiers were dragged through... more
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Peace remains elusive in Somalia
Region: Somalia
By Zachary Ochieng Despite the relocation of the embattled Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG)—formed in exile in Nairobi in December 2004— to the capital, Mogadishu, last month, peace still remains elusive. According to the United Nations, more than 50,000 people have fled Mogadishu in the past two weeks. A renewed fighting in the city has led to the death of 400 people and serious injuries to 90... more
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Yemen “objection” with Multinational NAVY
Region: SomaliaChina, 05/12 China People Liberation Army Navy Force sent out their war vessels to Somali Coast as a part of multinational task force in securing the merchant vessels from hijacking by pirate. Military options are still in discussion to suppress the pirate action. Do they need to take any military operation or negotiation process could end the pirate activities? At what scale of military operation and involvin... more
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Attacked Cargo Ship Believed Hijacked with Crew
Region: SomaliaOn Wednesday in Somalia's coast region a cargo ship with a crew attacked by Pirates believed that hijacked. The vessel Maersk Alabama was attacked about 500 kilometers off Somalia's coastal region, and there is no action has been taken to rescue the vessel and its crew. U.S. military officials said "There is a task force present in the region to deter any type of piracy, but the challenge remains that the... more
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