Michael Shank, a conflict analyst with the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University, examines the root causes of piracy off the coast of Somalia and observes that military actions alone, that do not address these underlying conditions, will be unsuccessful. Shank identifies political instability, Somalia’s humanitarian crisis, and the ongoing exploitatio…
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Somali pirates who hijacked an oil tanker with 25 crew on board, including two Britons, have opened negotiations.
Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden seized a Hong Kong-registered cargo ship carrying 36,000 tonnes of wheat to Iran yesterday in the latest of the near-daily attacks threatening one of the world’s busiest shipping routes
Pirates prowling the waters off the coast of Africa have struck again four times since Monday. The world’s shipping firms are only able to respond by either paying up millions in ransom, or changing the way they do business. Many shipping companies are now choosing to avoid the Suez canal, threatening to damage Egypt’s economy. The Suez is the country’s third biggest income earner an…
Somali pirates who hijacked an oil tanker with 25 crew, including two Britons, on board have opened negotiations.
