Stephen Collett reveals how he negotiated the release of the Rachel and Paul Chandler, British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates By Colin Freeman When Rachel Chandler bade her brother farewell before her fateful Indian Ocean yacht trip with her husband Paul, he did his best to laugh his worries off. “Don’t get caught by Somali pirates,” […]
Recent efforts cut piracy success rate by 50 per cent By Derek Baldwin, Chief Reporter Dubai: True to its word to stop Somali piracy from thwarting valuable cargo ships passing unfettered through the Gulf of Aden every day, the UAE pledged $1 million to an international anti-piracy fund on Wednesday. After Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammad […]
Top officials, however, say new rules needed to guide security trend By Derek Baldwin, Chief Reporter Dubai:? The adoption of private armed security forces on ships traversing the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden shipping corridor has led to a serious drop in piracy incidents in 2012, delegates heard on Wednesday at the second international piracy […]
By Yusuf Omar They were treated like untouchable animals, kept handcuffed for 20 months day and night, and were rarely fed. This is how Deborah Calitz and Bruno Pelizzari, from Durban, say they were kept in Somalia after pirates kidnapped them in 2010. The couple had been in captivity for 20 months before they were […]
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 […]
Newsweek Pulls PMPF Profile on Opening Day of Anti Piracy Conference This morning, Newsweek published the article, “To Catch Pirates, Somalia Turns to Outsourcing” written by senior national-security correspondent for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, Eli Lake. The timing was perfect with the opening of the Dubai-based anti piracy conference. ©Somalia Report PMPF Training Base in […]
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has wreaked havoc on shipping industry, say specialist energy attorneys. MARITIME piracy poses a significant threat to the feasibility of east Africa’s natural gas reserves, says Luke Havemann, founding director of specialist energy attorneys, Havemann Inc. Mr Havemann was speaking at the Natural Gas Southern Africa Conference in Johannesburg […]
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bob Carr visited the Sultanate of Oman and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, strengthening Australia’s ties with the Middle East. Senator Carr’s visit to Oman was the first by an Australian Foreign Minister in at least two decades. Senator Carr’s discussions with his Omani hosts, including the Minister Responsible for Foreign […]
The human and economic cost of maritime piracy and exploring ways to enhance regional response are the focus of a high-level public-private counter-piracy summit opening in Dubai tomorrow (June 27). The second UAE Counter-Piracy Conference, co-convened by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and global marine terminal operator DP World, will conclude on June 28 […]
BY MATOVU ABDALLAH TWAHA Sharjah: As the problem of Somali pirates has not been solved yet, the UAE will once again host a major conference on June 27-28 in Dubai to discuss the issue. This will be the second public-private international counter piracy conference hosted by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and DP World. […]