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The recent successes in arresting pirates who had seized a Filipino merchant vessel in the northern part of the Mozambican channel is good news for efforts to quell the scourge of piracy in the...
Somali pirates have become somewhat of a fixation for Western media, whilst other pressing issues in the country have been largely ignored. As Georg-Sebastian Holzer puts it, “this world...
From January to December 2010, the total incidents of piracy recorded per regions of the world were 40 in America, 44 in the Far East, 28 in the Indian Sub Continent, 70 in South East Asia, 4 in...
The continuing importance of Africa's maritime security has been highlighted by the widespread acts of piracy increasingly reported off the coasts of Somalia and Nigeria. Just as troubling as these...
In today's podcast, Jeff Radebe warns that piracy will spread without Africa-wide cooperation; Kofi Annan says that Africa's development relies on political will; and, the ANCYL denies call for...
Piracy off the coast of Somalia will spread to other parts of the continent unless urgent interventions are made to stop it, Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Jeff Radebe warned on...
In today's podcast, President Jacob Zuma says that the effects of apartheid laws still linger; the EU plans a global code of conduct for agricultural investment in developing countries; and, the UN...
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...