GALKAYO, Somalia Aug 13 2012 (Garowe Online) – Puntland forces repelled an attack by armed pirates on the Galkayo central jail station early Sunday afternoon, Garowe Online reports. Pirates equipped with automatic guns attacked the Galkayo central station in a bid to forcefully free fellow pirates who were apprehended in a raid by Puntland security […]
Published on March 15, 2012 by jo.chuter · No Comments Transcript now available – Abdiweli Mohamed AliChatham House, February 2012 This is a transcript of a speech made by HE Dr Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, Prime Minister of Somalia, on 24 February 2012 at Chatham House. The Prime Minister gave his views on the country’s political […]
Published on March 2, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments The violent attack on a Dutch cargo ship off the Nigerian coast has highlighted the increase in piracy in the area. An umbrella group of insurers have designated the coastal waters of Nigeria and Benin as a danger zone – the same category as […]
Push for centralized government ignores Somalia reality By Francis Njubi Nesbitt The much-ballyhooed conference on Somalia hosted by UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Feb. 23 was long on grandstanding but short on new substance. The meeting was clearly more about crowning a new leader (Britain) and celebrating the limited military successes against Islamist militants […]
Natalya Kovalenko On Tuesday, a group of pirates attacked a Dutch cargo ship in the Nigerian port of Harcourt and captured the captain and the chief mechanic, who are Russian citizens. Since then, all attempts to establish communication with the pirates or the captive sailors have failed. The Dutch ship, called “Breeze Clipper”, was anchored […]
The Iron Lady Would Approve By Christian DeHaemer Last week, I told you there were massive oil finds in the Indian Ocean, and that the United States is in a covert war to get them. This is important. Just look at the takeover battle with Cove Energy (COVE)… Cove was up another 20% on Friday as […]
While it took Western powers only a few months to “sort out” a dictator in Libya, it would seem impossible for all the military fleets in the world to come to grips with a group of common criminals euphemistically called pirates. In the mean-time, two South Africans, who have been languishing way in captivity in Somalia have […]
By JENNY GROSS LONDON—The key to beating piracy in Somalia is improving the standard of living in the country’s coastal cities and creating jobs for their young people—not relying on intervention by international naval forces, Somalia’s prime minister said. “You don’t want to cure the symptom, you have to cure the cause,” Abdiweli Mohamed Ali said […]
Press conference on 20 February 2012 EU NAVFOR hosted a press conference on 20 February 2012 to present an update on Operation ATALANTA, piracy off the Horn of Africa and a view towards future developments. The briefing was hosted by Operation Commander Rear Admiral Duncan L. Potts with Deputy Operation Commander Rear Admiral Rainer Endres […]
Published on February 28, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments Somalia hasn’t had a functioning central government since the outbreak of civil war in 1991. Pirates and terrorist organizations have flourished in the country’s instability, however, Somalia’s prime minister believes that creating jobs for the young is a first step towards normalisation. Somali Leader […]