Tag Archive "hostages"

Somalia: No hijacking by Somali pirates in nearly a year

UNITED NATIONS   — The fight against Somali pirates has been so effective that they haven’t been able to mount a successful hijacking in nearly a ...

Somaliland :Coast Guards Detain Nine Suspected Pirates

Somaliland Marines and coast guards have detained nine suspected pirates at the same time impounding a high speed motor boat they were planning to use ...

Somaliland : Four Teenagers Held Hostage Have Been Released by Militias

The four teenagers held hostage by a splinter group of SSC militia for more than two weeks have now been freed; this has been confirmed ...

Somaliland: Four Students held hostage to Be Released Soon

The town of buhoodle seems to be the center of focus for the last few days with negotiation currently underway in the town for the ...

Why are kidnappings a problem in and around Somalia?

Poverty is stark in Somalia. The country doesn’t have a government strong enough to stop the crime. Those two things have helped make kidnapping foreigners ...

Somaliland: Puntland Government hands out lengthy prison terms to ambushed Somaliland officials en route to Taleeh

GAROWE (SomalilandPress)— Puntland’s Highest Court today handed 10 year prison terms to the ambushed Somaliland officials who were en route to Taleeh when they were ...