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On September 6 the motor vessel MSC PANAMA was released from pirate control after 270 days in captivity and is now underway to a safe port.
How People Arrived Here: container port of aden
On August 24th, Ambassador Nadjib Riphat Kesoema, Deputy for Foreign Policy Coordination in the Indonesian Ministry for Politics, Law and Security Affairs, accompanied by Admiral Tri Yuswoyo, Head of the Centre for Law and Maritime Security Cooperation,...
Aside from cost, the major problem for oil importing countries is getting the purchases safely home. Essentially, there are only two options – pipelines and maritime transport.
MV SININ, a 52 thousand ton Malta flagged and owned Bulk Carrier, which was hijacked by Somali pirates on February 12, 2011, has been released today, i.e. on August 13, 2011.
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is alarmed by the increasingly worsening climate of harassment and intimidation that the Somaliland authorities have imposed on the private media.
Hundreds of families from south-central Somalia who have sought refuge in the self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland lack food, shelter and water, say local officials.
Defence and Military Veterans Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, says SADC member states should put in place robust laws to effectively prosecute pirates.
When Yemen’s beleaguered President Ali Abdullah Saleh scolded women for violating Islamic law by joining men in demonstrations on the streets of Sana’a, more than 10,000 Yemeni women flooded those streets to denounce their president.
The United States government on Wednesday announced an additional $28 million in aid for people in Somalia and for Somali refugees in Kenya, according to a statement of the US State Department issued in Nairobi.