(SomaliNet) Rescuing the crew unharmed, security forces in northern Somalia have stormed a Panamanian-registered cargo ship that was seized by pirates last week.
Local forces boarded the vessel after a gunfight in which two soldiers were wounded, officials in the semi-autonomous Puntland region s
(SomaliNet) The Puntland security forces have freed a Somali cargo ship that was hijacked by pirates on 9 October. Ten pirates were arrested and two policemen were wounded during the assault.
The Somali ship owner authorized the military intervention against the pirates. The Puntland Navy acquir
(SomaliNet) The European Union says member states have agreed to the appointment of a British vice admiral to head the naval task force preparing to conduct anti-piracy patrols off the Somali coast.
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana says in a statement received Wednesday that plans to dispatc
(SomaliNet) Bringing to 11 the number of vessels being held by pirates, armed pirates have hijacked another ship in the Gulf of Aden near Somalia today.
The bulk carrier with 21 crew members had been sailing from the Middle East to Asia when it was seized, the International Maritime Bureau said.
(SomaliNet) Seven NATO ships are transiting through the Suez Canal to conduct anti-piracy patrols off Somalia and visit NATO partner nations in the Gulf, the alliance said Wednesday.
NATO spokesman James Appathurai told a briefing that details of how the group will conduct the anti-piracy missio
(SomaliNet) The Somali pirates who hijacked a freighter full of weapons appeared Wednesday to be backing down from earlier threats to blow up the ship.
A pirate speaking by satellite phone said Wednesday that an excessive number of mediators had been hampering the negotiations, but that the pira
(SomaliNet) Ethiopian soldiers are among some 41 people killed in heavy clashes as violence continues to dominate war-torn Somalia.
According to reports, heavily armed insurgents fired mortars at two military bases in the region, in Somalia’s town of Baidoa, 250 kilometers southeast the capita
(SomaliNet) The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has welcomed ongoing regional efforts to support the cooperation between the Transitional Federal Government and the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia in the framework of the Djibouti Agreement.
He also welcome
(SomaliNet) After more than a month of captivity since their cargo ship was hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, a group of 22 Asian sailors has been released, a South Korean official said Thursday.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Moon Tae-young told reporters that the crewmembers — eight S
(SomaliNet) In the latest battle pitting Islamist insurgents against government and peacekeeping troops, mortar attacks in Somalia's capital killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more on Friday, witnesses said.
According to reports, some 3,000 peacekeepers from Uganda and Burundi are guard
