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01 Feb 2010
 
 
The Evolving Face of Piracy in the Horn of Africa
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The largest ransom ever paid to Somali pirates was dropped on 17 January 2010, onto a Greek-flagged oil tanker with two million barrels of oil on board. An aircraft dropped the ransom believed to...
 
 
27 Mar 2008
 
Comoros demands France extradite rebel leader
INTERNATIONAL
Comoros demanded on Thursday that France hand over a rebel leader wanted by the Indian Ocean archipelago for crimes against humanity and troops fired teargas to stop protests against the former...
 
 
26 Mar 2008
 
African-backed Comoros forces take rebel island
AFRICA
Troops from the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros seized the rebel island of Anjouan on Tuesday with African Union military help, and the government said its self-declared leader had fled dressed...
 
 
03 Mar 2008
 
Comoros military tanker ship destroyed by fire
AFRICA
A fuel ship supplying the Comoros army has caught fire, hindering an anticipated military operation against the Indian Ocean archipelago's rebel Anjouan island, a senior official said....
 
 
28 Feb 2008
 
AU says troops to arrive in Comoros in days
AFRICA
African Union troops will arrive in Comoros in days to help the federal government wrestle back control of a renegade island, an AU official has said. Tensions have been rising across the...
 
 
22 Feb 2008
 
AU blames rebel islanders for Comoros crisis
AFRICA
The chairman of the African Union Commission blamed the leaders of a renegade island in the Comoros on Friday for stoking a crisis that has prompted the government to prepare an invasion. Mohamed...
 
 
21 Feb 2008
 
Comoros prefers military option for rebel island
COMORES
Comoros rejected on Wednesday the African Union's (AU) extended sanctions against Anjouan,and instead prepared its troops for an assault on the rebel island. "When the military...
 
 
15 Feb 2008
 
Comoros says only military option can end crisis
AFRICA
Comoros believes that a military solution is the only way to end a crisis over the rebel island of Anjouan, a government spokesman said on Thursday. Comoros has been in a tense stand-off with...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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