Remember the American man and the three Britons who got caught with over $3m, brought into Somalia to pay a ransom to pirates? Luckily they have been released, with the government keeping all the money. This is one of the latest news coming from Somalia, a country increasingly at the center of the attention of media due to the vast number of maritime hijacking. International bodies and experts are now studying solutions that could effectively tackle this serious issue and guarantee safe trade across the sea and a brighter future for Somalia.
It is of extreme importance to ensure the security of ship crews operating in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden, seen by many as off-limits areas. Considered a problem of global scale, costing between $7 and $12 billion each year, it is in everybody’s interests to cooperate in order to find the best solutions to the piracy problem.
Very often there is no place to try pirates, leaving majority of them free to carry on their illegal activities, mainly due to the inefficiency of the Somali central government. The United Nations have, on the 21st of June, underlined the importance of creating specialized courts that could deal with crimes related to piracy. By doing so, it is hoped that many pirates could go to jail, ensuring marine security in the area.
Somali fishermen accuse western countries of illegally dumping toxic waste in their waters as well as illegal fishing. For this reason, stricter control over the operations of fishing off the Somali cost would be necessary as to guarantee local fishermen to continue with their activities and not be forced to become pirates.
It could be argued, however, that fishermen and other people living in this poor corner of the world have realized that piracy is much more lucrative than any other job: young generations might in fact be keener to become pirates than getting any normal job, attracted by the luxurious lifestyle that some ‘successful’ pirates can afford.
It is a matter of educating people, especially youngsters, to understand what is right and what is not.
It is of great importance for the well being of the country to create all the necessary conditions for the socio-political and economic stability. Cooperation with local authorities is for this reason a must, with the aim of ensuring maritime security and welfare in the country. Education represents the key for the long term sustainability of the project: schools are asked to form Somali children, which one day will have the duty to drive the country away from poverty and towards a better future. Not for profit organizations such as UNHCR are already operating in Somalia, providing programs that help children learn skills that can then be applied to any job in order to sustain their long term livelihood.
It is time to give solid help to a county that for too long has been under the control of the West and that in the last 20 years has been left alone, lost in its interior fights, unable to enhance its status and still paying for the effects of capitalism.
https://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/International/623863__Make-Somalia-a-better-country.html
Dear Sir or Madame,
my name is Paolo and I am glad you have posted my article about piracy in Somalia. However, for you to keep the article, I invite you to post the article including the links, which could be found at https://www.articleslash.net/News-and-Society/International/623863__Make-Somalia-a-better-country.html.
Please do not hesitate to contact me.
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Regards
Paolo
Dear Paolo,
thanks for your email. The article was edited as requested. We would also invited you to publish your excellent work direct on MaritimeSecurity.Asia.
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MaritimeSecurity.Asia
Dear Sir or Madame,
That sounds great. I have an article ready to be posted in your blog. Just tell me where to send it to. The article should also include the link to maritime security. Regarding this article already posted, I need you to include a link to the word ‘maritime security’ (second from the bottom paragraph) that can lead to https://www.mandusc.com/.
Kind regards
Paolo
Dear Paolo,
Let’s do so! You will get an email form us.
I have, if not a better idea than does Paolo, at least one that would be faster and sure to work. However, PC people would most probably not be interested in glassing the country, would they? Don’t tell me that these people don’t know right from wrong; don’t know it’s not right to kill people; don’t know it’s not right to take things that don’t belong to them. I don’t buy that even a little bit. Let’s help them “do right” by not allowing them to do wrong.