A Chinese naval fleet including a guided-missile destroyer, missile frigate and comprehensive supply ship set sail earlier ...

Japan has partnered with the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on an initiative aimed at modernizing ...

Maritime security companies have alerted shipowners to a renewed threat of pirate activity off Somalia. Africa Risk ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Suspected Somali pirates have fled a Yemeni fishing boat they seized off the Horn of Africa and operated for five days, authorites said Monday. In a statement, a ...

The Horn of Africa, strategically positioned at the nexus of global trade routes, has long faced the specter of maritime piracy. The waters off Somalia, in particular, have been notorious for piracy ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Suspected Somali pirates have seized a Yemeni fishing boat off the Horn of Africa, authorities said late Monday. A European naval operation in the Mideast, known as ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The growth in piracy off Somalia is being aggravated by the country's feuding politicians and the United Nations should send peacekeepers there quickly, Africa's top diplomat said ...

Chinese state media release pictures of Somali pirates attacking Chinese ship. Dec 18, 2008— -- China today announced that it is preparing to send its own ships to protect the safe passage of ...

Even by the jaded standards of the failed state of Somalia, this week’s news was enough to raise eyebrows: one of the country’s two competing Islamist factions, Hizbul Islam, stormed into the coastal ...

ACCRA (Reuters) - NATO is committed to helping improve security in Africa but expects African states to take the lead in fighting piracy off the continent's shores, NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop ...

May 15, 2025: For Egypt, the Suez Canal is a major source of foreign currency, producing more than $10 billion in a good year. There have been fewer good years lately. The problem is chaos in the ...