Pirates have hijacked an Indian commercial ship off the coast of Somalia, the second such hijacking in two months after a four-year lull. A former director of the anti-piracy agency…
BOSASSO, SOMALIA — Pirates have seized control of a Somali fishing boat to use as a base from which to attack larger ships, police said on Friday, a week after…
THE Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside has revealed that 31 ports and jetties in Nigeria are currently not yet compliant to…
Somali officials whose forces freed a hijacked oil tanker and its eight Sri Lankan crew said on Sunday that NATO ships must do more to prevent the illegal fishing that…
The EU Naval Force (Somalia) can confirm that fuel tanker Aris 13 and her crew are now en route to a safe port on the north coast of Somalia after…
Somali forces have been sent to try to free the tanker. But locals say the attacks will continue and blame their government in the semi-autonomous Puntland region for granting foreigners…
MARCH 14, 2017 —A NATO anti-piracy mission ended in December. It may have suppressed hijacking of merchant ships. But the ideological root of pirating remains alive and well. Until 2012,…
Somali pirates are suspected of hijacking a Sri Lankan-flagged fuel freighter that sent a distress call, turned off its tracking system and altered course for the Somali coast, a piracy…
The Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia will launch joint patrols in piracy-plagued waters by May, Manila's Defence Secretary disclosed yesterday, after a wave of attacks that saw Islamist militants kidnapping and…
*** ALERT *** ALERT *** ALERT *** Please see below confirmed report received from Sea Guardian’s Intel Cell about a Piracy attack at position 03 13.0 N 004 28.9 E…
LONDON/RIYADH (Reuters) - Cruise missiles, floating mines and a remote-controlled boat have been deployed to attack ships in Yemen in recent months, changing the dynamic of the two-year-old war and…
U.S. officials have said the Defense Department wants to expand the military’s ability to fight the al-Qaida-linked group. They have recommended that the Trump administration permit U.S. Special Forces to…
The Niger Delta Sixth Dialogue, focusing on ‘Insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea and Implications for the Niger Delta Region,’ took place on Tuesday, 28th February, 2017 in Abuja at…
The Philippines military said on Thursday (2 March) that they killed at least five suspected Abu Sayyaf militants in Sulu who were believed to have been behind the beheading of…
The Federal Government has set a target of attracting more than $10 billion of fresh investments in the oil and gas industry in the next five years, Minister of State…
