Somalia – Somali pirates hijack Singaporean ship (People’s Daily)
Somali pirates hijack Singaporean ship (People’s Daily)
Somali pirates have seized a Singaporean-flagged container ship in the pirate-infested Indian Ocean waters near Seychelles, a regional maritime official confirmed here Thursday. Andrew Mwangura, East Africa Coordinator of the Seafarers Assistance Programme said the vessel owned by box ship Kota Wajar was hijacked early Thursday with 21 crew members. “The Singaporean flagged ship was hijacked in …
SOMALIA: Women take on men’s jobs to feed their families (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN Khadijo Mahamud, a mother of five, goes to Bakara market every day to look for work, despite the constant shelling. Her youngest child is 10 months old but Mahamud knows she has no choice but to leave him with her 10-year-old and venture out to find food for the family.
Indictment brings new worries that more Somali-American men are leaving to fight (Minnesota Public Radio)
Allegations that a 26-year-old Chanhassen man lied about a cross-country road trip with a group of friends last week have made some Somali-Americans worry that even more young Minnesota men are still trying to join the escalating warfare in their homeland.
Somali pirates want $5.6 million for Spanish trawler (AsiaOne)
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Somali pirates holding a Spanish tuna trawler for the past 12 days on Wednesday demanded four million US dollars ($5.6 million) for the release of the ship and its 36-member crew, one of the pirates told AFP.
SOMALIA: Halima Hassan, “It is better to be in a grave than living here” (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN Halima Hassan, 42, a mother of five, fled her home in Hodan district of the Somali capital in 2007 after intense fighting between insurgents and government forces. Now, home is a makeshift shelter in a camp for the internally displaced within the Elsha biyaha area, 20km south of Mogadishu.
Minnesota: Charges in Somali Case (New York Times)
A 26-year-old man has been charged with making false statements to federal officials investigating the disappearance of as many as 20 Somali men from Minnesota.
Interpol: Somali pirates controlled by syndicates (Mail and Guardian)
The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they’ll see this message. Pirates operating off Somalia are being controlled by crime syndicates including foreigners lured by the multimillion-dollar ransoms, Interpol and other officials said on Wednesday.
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