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Somalia: Somali pirates release Danish vessel with six crew
Nairobi, May 2 (IANS) Having kept the Danish coaster — M/V Leopard — in their custody for two years, Somali pirates have released it along ...
Inside Somaliland’s pirate prison, the jail that no country wants
Breakaway territory offers solution for holding bandits caught at sea, but concerns raised over conditions and ‘unjust’ convictions A pair of dark eyes peers through ...
Somaliland: Nine Convicted Somali Pirates Transferred From Seychelles Arrive
HARGEISA(Somalilandpress)-Somaliland authorities have taken into custody nine convicted privates from the Seychelles. The plane carrying the convict pirates touched down at the Egal International Airport ...
Somaliland Enacts New Anti Piracy Law
HARGEISA–Somaliland President H.E Ahmed Mohamed Mohammud Silanyo has approved three proposed bills into new laws enabling a legislation which will have wide reaching powers. the ...
Seychelles to transfer pirates to Somalia (Somaliland)
Like the other 92 Somali pirates held in the Seychelles’ hilltop prison, where inmates can glimpse a small, tantalizing slice of this island nation’s crystal ...
Seychelles And Somaliland Taking Steps Towards Prisoner Transfers
London-Seychelles President James Michel and President Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo of the Republic of Somaliland have discussed, in a meeting in London today, the transfer of ...
Somali piracy ‘boosts Puntland economy’
New research suggests piracy has led to widespread economic development in some parts of Somalia. The study, published by British think-tank Chatham House, looked at ...
Op-Ed:A RED CARPET FOR THE PIRATE- IN-CHEIF IN UK
On arrival in Nairobi the capital of Kenya, the so-called president of Puntland and the alleged godfather of Somalia’s sea piracy cartel did not shy ...
Somaliland: A Reliable Partner in Combating Piracy
Piracy off the Horn of Africa increases every year due to constant instability in the region. In 2008, 111 vessels were attacked. Since the beginning ...
As an Enemy Retreats, Clans Carve Up Somalia
DHOBLEY, Somalia — Adan Dahir Hassan sits in a bald office, wires dangling from the ceiling, handing out death sentences. Recently installed by an Islamist ...
Somaliland Government Appoints Committee To Combat Piracy
HARGEISA(SomalilandPress)–A committee appointed by Somaliland government to combat and prosecute all those that are responsible for acts of piracy off the coast of Somaliland had ...
Somali Pirates Release The Hijacked Somaliland Bound Oil tanker off Oman Without Ransom
HARGEISA (SomalilandPress) — Somali pirates that hijacked a Somaliland bound oil tanker off the Oman water has released the tanker without ransom. The release came ...
Somalia Is Not a State
Most think of Somalia as a single entity, but it needs to be conceptualized in terms of three distinct regions: Somaliland, Puntland and southern Somalia. ...
Recognising Somaliland would boost the fight against piracy
Attempts to tackle the scourge of piracy and keep the Red Sea open for merchant shipping. On 6 June, Catherine Ashton, the EU’s foreign policy ...
SOMALIALND: Somali Pirates Receive 8 years Prison Terms
BERBERA (SomalilandPress)—Saahil regional court in Berbera today sentenced six Somali Pirates caught in the shores of Somaliland on 24th of March this year to prison ...
Somaliland Attends UN Security Council Meeting in Nairobi
NAIROBI (SomalilandPress) – Somaliland delegation today met with United Nations Security Council in regards to security situation concerns in Somalia. The delegation from the United ...
Indonesian army kills 4 pirates; 20 hostages freed
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian forces killed four Somali pirates in a gunfight after a ship and 20 Indonesian hostages held nearly two months were ...
Somali arrested in US on piracy charge
WASHINGTON — A 48-year old Somali man was arrested at a Washington-area airport and charged for his role as a ransom negotiator in the 2008 ...
Halo Trust Hands Over Rehabilitated Police Armoury to Somaliland Authorities
HARGEISA –The UK based international humanitarian mine-clearance charity group ‘The Halo Trust’ officially presented the keys for a newly rehabilitated police armoury to the Deputy ...
Emergent of murderers pirate and elite warlords, a serious threat to peaceful Somaliland
(SomalilandPress)–Surrounded by hostile environment the resiliency of the de-facto nation of Somaliland is constantly under serious threat from combinations of tribal warlords, piracy and Islamic ...
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