SOS SaveOurSeafarers welcomes piracy conclusions of Somalia Conference but disappointed that seafarers not mentioned. SOS SaveOurSeafarers welcomes the London Conference on Somalia which was attended by 55 delegations from Somalia and the international community, and willingly supports its focus on unifying the international community in its coordinated support to Somalia, in the hope that a new […]
London: India on Thursday pledged to help Somalia in its economic development as New Delhi underlined the need for stability in the war-torn nation which has become a breeding ground for pirates. Addressing the London Conference on Somalia, Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed said India desired stability in the Horn of Africa […]
HARGEISA (Feb 22, 2012): Somaliland’s parliament has passed legislation recognising piracy as a crime and allowing for pirates convicted abroad to be transferred to the breakaway enclave, officials said on Wednesday. Somaliland, which declared its independence from Somalia in 1991 but is still not recognised internationally, said the laws were a sign of the territory’s […]
By Thomas Penny Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) — Representatives of more than 40 countries and international organizations are meeting in London today to discuss how to restore stability to Somalia. The conference, hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron and attended by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, will focus […]
PM’s to announce UK is more than doubling military funding to the country from £5million to £13million Somali pirates attack more than 400 vessels and more than 100 hijacked in three years assault on international shipping By TIM SHIPMAN Britain has drawn up plans to send an aircraft carrier, Apache attack helicopters and Royal Marines to fight pirates […]
A battered wooden skiff motors along the horn of East Africa. Onboard are a half-dozen men clutching AK-47s and debating whether they’ll need to shoot. They are Somali pirates. Or rather, they’re actors playing Somali pirates in a short feature film titled Fishing Without Nets. It tells the story of piracy off the coast of Somalia […]
Published on February 23, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments Latest from the conference on Somalia’s future in London, where the threats of terrorism and piracy are among the issues being discussed by world leaders. See link at foot of article to access live videostream. Somalia’s future is discussed at London conference World leaders […]
By Ruth Marsden The EU has been told it needs to improve its approach to Somalia if the problem of piracy is to be addressed. The Greens/EFA held a briefing in parliament on Wednesday on the EU approach to Somalia, which looked at the questions of a comprehensive approach to counter-piracy. The discussion came after […]
LONDON (Reuters) – When tanker master Miro Alibasic takes one of his company’s vast ships across the Indian Ocean, he likes to have all the firepower he can get on board. Having seen last year how Somali pirates treat their captives, the 61-year-old is in no hurry to experience it again. “It was hell on […]
On 21 February, Rear Admiral Duncan Potts welcomed His Excellency President James Michel of the Seychelles; Mr Joel Morgan, his Minister for Home Affairs, Environment and Transport; the Hon Crispus Kiyonga, Ugandan Minister of Defence; Lt Gen Katuma Wamala, Commander Land Forces of the Ugandan Army; and Maj Gen Paul Mella, Tanzanian Head of […]