Published on July 6, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments Ghana’s former President and African Union (AU) High Representative for Somalia, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, has called on the international community to strive to trace, apprehend and prosecute those responsible for crimes in Somalia with the same urgency as the arrest and transfer of […]
Published on July 6, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments Ghana’s former President and African Union (AU) High Representative for Somalia, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, has called on the international community to strive to trace, apprehend and prosecute those responsible for crimes in Somalia with the same urgency as the arrest and transfer of […]
Published on July 5, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments Somalia will continue to hold the global maritime industry hostage unless the international community helps this once prosperous African nation, said state leaders who convened in Dubai for the 2nd UAE Counter-Piracy Conference. Somalia continues to hold maritime industry hostage, say state leadersBy Gemma […]
Written By: Hesham Sami Al-Kibsi At conference in Dubai Yemeni Foreign Minister Dr. Abu-Bakr al-Qirbi affirmed that Yemen is keen to support any efforts relating to combating naval piracy, stressing that Yemen had suffered from such criminal activities, having had countless fishing boats attacked by modern day pirates. In a speech at the 2nd Anti-naval Piracy […]
PACOM Headlines Huay Plub Thailand District Community Center dedication ceremony By US Army HUAY PLUB, Thailand – 2nd Lt. Elizabeth Lewis, Platoon Leader 585th Engineer Company, Joint Base Lewis McCord shared ribbon cutting duties with Sgt. Maj. Boonlert Posuntia of the Royal Thai Army. Together, they cut the ribbon that formally dedicated the new District […]
BUSAN, Republic of Korea – The George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWCSG) arrived in Busan, Republic of Korea (ROK) June 27 for a port visit and was welcomed by Rear Adm. Park Sung-bae, commander of Republic of Korea Flotilla 5 and several members of the Republic of Korea Navy. A ROK Navy band played while […]
Rewarding mutineers could be the best way to capture their leaders. By Timothy Coleman & Brittany Minder Escalating maritime piracy off the Horn of Africa and throughout the world’s vital shipping lanes and strategic chokepoints is a modern-day plague with an elusive framework. Failed states and lawless regions around the world, like Somalia, serve as […]
Rewarding mutineers could be the best way to capture their leaders. By Timothy Coleman & Brittany Minder Escalating maritime piracy off the Horn of Africa and throughout the world’s vital shipping lanes and strategic chokepoints is a modern-day plague with an elusive framework. Failed states and lawless regions around the world, like Somalia, serve as […]
DUBAI // Give Somalia the funds and they will eliminate piracy within a year, their interim president has claimed. Speaking today at the second UAE Counter-Piracy Conference in Dubai, the president of Somalia’s transitional federal government Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed called on the international community to spend money arming and organising their naval forces. “These […]
PACOM Headlines US, Vietnamese Militaries Collaborate on Clinic Restoration By Senior Airman Lauren Main Pacific Angel – Vietnam 12 Public Affairs NGHE AN PROVINCE, VIETNAM – Airmen and Soldiers from around the Pacific have been making leaps and bounds of progress restoring the Xuan Lam Medical Clinic in Nghe An Province, Vietnam, since the start […]