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No more pirates: Mpls. actor Barkhad Abdi lands the good guy role
Barkhad Abdi gained international fame in 2013 with his first film appearance in "Captain Phillips" where he played a desperate Somali fisherman driven to...
Somalia Pirate King to Serve 20 Years in a Belgium Prison
A Belgian court in the northern city of Bruges on Monday sentenced the 58-year-old Mohamed Abdi Hassan, known as Afwayne to 20 years in...
Somalia: Puntland pirates hijack Iranian fishing vessel with 15 crew, says official
Somali pirates have hijacked an Iranian fishing vessel with 15 crew members, a Somali official and a maritime expert said on Monday amid warnings...
Somalia: Security Council reauthorizes international naval forces to fight piracy off East Africa
The United Nations Security Council today renewed for another year its authorization for international naval forces to join in fighting piracy off the coast...
Somalia: Illegal overfishing and the return of Somalia’s pirates
Plunder of Somali waters by foreign fishing vessels could mean the return of hijackings, locals warn.
A hundred years ago, it was a bustling port...
