Sailors fear job loss more than pirates (GMA News)
Despite the threat posed by piracy, sailors are more fearful of a ban on manning ships passing the pirate-plagued Somalia coast as it would put their families livelihoods at risk.
Somali recruits trained in Kenya (News 24 South Africa)
Thousands of Somalis have been trained in Kenya and are ready to join a Somali government offensive against rebels in the failed Horn of Africa state, security sources say.
Russian warship helps to thwart pirate attack near Somalia (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
A Russian frigate, the Neustrashimy (Fearless), took part in an operation to thwart a pirate attack on Slovenia’s Ariella cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden.
Russian warship seizes group of pirates off Somalia – Navy (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
A Russian frigate, the Neustrashimy (Fearless), seized on Saturday a boat with seven pirates on board during an operation to thwart an attack on a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, a Russian Navy spokesman said.
Seychelles agrees to try suspected Somali pirates (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The Seychelles will try suspected Somali pirates after European guarantees they would be sent home to serve their sentences, a minister announced Saturday.
Relevant Links (AllAfrica.com)
Al-Azhari however refutes reports that his group is getting backings from Ethiopia, saying the group’s fighters are well-trained and equipped. “We don’t receive any help from neighbours, Kenya and Ethiopia, which we can cross their borders whenever we want.
Somalia : Kenya Trains ’2,500 Somalia Troops’ (AllAfrica.com)
Some 2,500 Somali troops have finished training in neighbouring Kenya and are ready to join a Somali government offensive against rebels, which control much of the war-torn country.
Somali pirates support Haiti (San Francisco Bay View)
Spokesmen for the so-called Somali pirates have expressed willingness to transfer part of their loot captured from transnational boats and send it to Haiti. The humanitarian aid to Haiti cannot be controlled by the United States and European countries; they have no moral authority to do so. They are the ones pirating mankind for many years, said the Somali spokesman.
Al-Shabab fighters pour into Mogadishu (Press TV)
Hundreds of al-Shabab fighters have poured into the streets of Somalia’s capital city, Mogadishu, while the government vows to seize three strategic towns from them.
Somalia: Malnutrition rampant in young (New Kerala)
New York, Feb 6 : A widespread humanitarian crisis persists in war-torn Somalia, with an estimated 3.2 million people, or 42 per cent of the population, in need of emergency aid or livelihood support, and one in six children acutely malnourished and requiring specialist care, according to a United Nations update.
