Gunmen shot dead a lawmaker in Somalia's northern semi-autonomous region of Puntland, police said. Mohamed Ali Jibril was shot on Tuesday in Bosasso, ...
Security forces clashed with clan militias in Somalia's semi-autonomous state of Puntland in a battle that left at least nine people dead and ...
A court in Somalia's breakaway Puntland region on Sunday sentenced 12 pirates to jail terms of between three and eight years, officials said. Judge Mohamed Abdi Aware sentenced eight pirates who were handed over by Egyptian authorities last month to eight years ...
Attempts to curb Somali piracy by deploying warships or resuscitating the central government are doomed, and efforts should focus on buttressing local players in pirate hubs, according to a new report. The 71-page report entitled "Piracy in the Greater Gulf of Aden: ...
France's navy Monday handed over five Somali pirates, accused of attacking La Somme flagship in the Indian Ocean six days ago, to officials in Somalia's Puntland region, a French naval spokesman said. "The five pirates were released this afternoon from La Somme ...
Authorities in Somalia's breakaway Puntland region on Friday allowed local FM radio stations to resume rebroadcasting of Voice of America Somali language programmes. The programmes were ordered off air last week for failing to "objectively and accurately report about Puntland affairs," the ...
Somali pirates have freed three Seychellois who had been held hostage since their catamaran was hijacked in the Indian Ocean in February, the island nation's government said in a statement. However the three men were being held at an airport in Somalia ...
The number of hijacked vessels off the coast of Somalia is at a one-year low but both pirates and anti-piracy leaders are bracing for an inter-monsoon season that could herald a new flurry of attacks. Following the release of two Egyptian fishing ...
Police in Somalia's northern region of Puntland said Friday they have arrested six suspected pirates who were preparing to launch attacks from a coastal village near Bossaso. "The operation is the biggest of its kind... police arrested pirates with a large quantity ...
Fishermen on two Egyptian boats seized by Somali pirates four months ago overpowered their captors and broke free Thursday, officials and pirate sources said. "We are getting information from the police indicating that the two Egyptian fishing boats that pirates were holding ...
Gunmen on Wednesday stormed a mosque in Somalia's central town of Galkayo and shot dead five Pakistani Muslim clerics after dawn prayers, officials and witnesses said. They dragged the preachers out of the mosque and opened fire on them, said a police ...
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Masked gunmen killed seven Pakistani preachers at a mosque in Somalia's Puntland region on Wednesday, residents and local officials said. Western security agencies say Somalia is a haven for insurgents plotting attacks in the region and beyond. Puntland is ...
