Financial Times, UK May 17, 2011 Katrina Manson in Berbera Katerina Manson Camels are lifted on to a ship at the port of Berbera for export across the Gulf of Aden. In a macabre twist on Noah’s ark, a crane in the Somaliland port of Berbera is hoisting camels two by two on to a [...]
Category Archives: Somaliland
Food Insecurity Looms in Parched Horn of Africa
April 28, 2011 – 7:42 am
GreenWire/New York Times April 25, 2011 GAYATHRI VAIDYANATHAN ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A drought in the Horn of Africa, triggered by the same La Niña episode that caused massive flooding in Australia last year, is plunging millions of pastoralists closer to food insecurity. Parts of Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and eastern Uganda are most affected. The [...]
Military response alone cannot arrest piracy off Somalia coast
April 26, 2011 – 3:29 pm
The Nation, Kenya April 23, 2011 Rashid Abdi Horn of Africa Analyst, International Crisis Group In Summary •Counter-piracy strategy is dominated by a militarist mindset, impervious to evidence that military response is failing to effectively deal with the problem The problem of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean appears nowhere near [...]
Piracy Syndicates Feed Off Ransom Payments, U.S. Navy Chief Says
April 25, 2011 – 7:26 am
Bloomberg Thursday, April 22, 2011 Viola Gienger Piracy syndicates are selling shares in planned attacks, fueled by a surge of ransom payments that help attract investors, the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead said. Piracy syndicates in villages, mainly in largely ungoverned Somalia, solicit investors who buy shares in the attack missions and [...]
Piracy off the coast of Somalia is getting worse. Time to act
April 21, 2011 – 10:00 pm
The Economist February 3, 2011 At Sea LAST year, pirates took 1,181 people hostage off the Somali coast. About half were released after the payment of ransoms, a few have died of abuse or neglect and around 760 are currently in captivity. They are usually held prisoner on their own hijacked vessels, some of which [...]
Pirates to India: This Time It’s Personal
April 21, 2011 – 9:54 pm
Wired, US April 20, 2011 Adam Rawnsley Pirates holding a group of Indian hostages off the coast of Somalia are changing the unspoken rules of piracy, showing solidarity with captured comrades and trying to make countries even more hesitant to launch rescue raids. Over the weekend, a group of pirates holding the Asphalt Venture, a [...]
THE TWO PIRACIES IN SOMALIA: WHY THE WORLD IGNORES THE OTHER?
April 21, 2011 – 9:21 am
Wardheer news.com Mohamed Abshir Waldo Jan. 08, 2009 THE SHIPPING PIRACY & THE INVASION OF THE SOMALI SEAS Much of the world’s attention is currently focused on the Somali sea lanes. The navies of big and small powers are converging on the Somali waters in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean. The recent hijacking [...]
Life inside Somaliland’s pirate prison
April 20, 2011 – 6:22 pm
CNN April 20, 2011 Jane Ferguson • Somaliland is taking a tough stance against piracy • Pirates who are caught face jail terms of 15 to 20 years • Many prisoners claim they were not pirates, but fishermen Hargeisa, Somaliland — “We want money,” say the group of inmates with a smile. Somaliland’s highest security [...]
South Africa: Western Union Launches Money Transfer Service in Somaliland
April 19, 2011 – 10:54 pm
Biz-Community (Cape Town)/allAfrica.com, US April 15, 2011 The Western Union Company has extended its agent network to Somaliland, now reaching a total of 50 African markets it serves. The service will initially enable only receipt of funds in Somaliland from its global network of agent locations. The strategic agreement between Western Union and Global Exchange [...]
Inside The Pirate Business: From Booty To Bonuses
April 17, 2011 – 10:25 am
NPR, US April 15, 2011 FRANK LANGFITT Mohamed Dahir/AFP/Getty Images An armed Somali pirate keeps vigil along the coastline of Hobyo, a pirate lair on the Indian Ocean. The last in a three-part series. In recent years, Somali piracy has grown into a multimillion-dollar criminal enterprise. Rarely a week goes by that pirates don’t attack [...]