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Sep
29
2023
By The African Mirror
Somali piracy, once an unsolvable security threat, has almost completely stopped. Here’s why

Somali piracy, once an unsolvable security threat, has almost completely stopped. Here’s why

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
IN 2011, pirates carried out 212 attacks in a vast area spanning Somali waters, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, actions that the World Bank said cost the world economy US$18 billion a year. Armed pirates hijacked ships as far away as 1,000 nautical miles from the Somali coast. They held the ships and crews for ransom. The World Bank estimates that Somali pirates received more than US$400 million in ransom payments between 2005 and 2012. PETER VIGGO JAKOBSEN, Associate Professor, Royal Danish Defence College The piracy problem appeared unsolvable. Anti-piracy naval missions undertaken by…
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Apr
17
2023
By The African Mirror
Hijacked Singapore-registered oil tanker recovered in Ivory Coast

Hijacked Singapore-registered oil tanker recovered in Ivory Coast

NEWS
A hijacked Singapore-registered oil tanker has been recovered and escorted to Abidjan port in Ivory Coast, five days after it was captured by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, the Ivorian military said. On Tuesday, Singapore's port authority said the tanker had been boarded by "unidentified persons" about 300 nautical miles (555 km) off the Ivory Coast with 20 crew of various nationalities aboard. A search operation by Ivory Coast's navy backed by a French navy aircraft located the vessel on Saturday, Ivorian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lassina Doumbia said in a statement. "As for the crew, they are safe and…
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Mar
31
2023
By The African Mirror
Ship seized by pirates seen 540 miles west from Gulf of Guinea attack point

Ship seized by pirates seen 540 miles west from Gulf of Guinea attack point

NEWS
A Danish-owned vessel that was boarded by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea on Saturday was spotted about 540 miles further offshore, according to a maritime cooperation centre monitoring security in the area. The Liberian-flagged oil and chemical tanker Monjasa Reformer was boarded by five armed people some 140 miles west of the Republic of Congo's Port Pointe-Noire. All 16 crew sought refuge in a safe room aboard, according to the cooperation centre. Danish marine fuels supplier Monjasa, the owner of Monjasa Reformer, said on Tuesday all communications channels with the vessel were down. The company was unable to provide further detail…
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Mar
30
2023
By The African Mirror
Pirates strike in the Gulf of Guinea

Pirates strike in the Gulf of Guinea

NEWS
A Danish-owned vessel that was boarded by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea was spotted about 540 miles further offshore, according to a maritime cooperation centre monitoring security in the area. The Liberian-flagged oil and chemical tanker Monjasa Reformer was boarded by five armed people some 140 miles west of the Republic of Congo's Port Pointe-Noire. All 16 crew sought refuge in a safe room aboard, according to the cooperation centre. Danish marine fuels supplier Monjasa, owner of Monjasa Reformer, said on Tuesday all communications channels with the vessel were down. The company was unable to provide further detail on Wednesday…
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Jan
17
2023
By The African Mirror
Somalia takes control of key port from al Shabaab

Somalia takes control of key port from al Shabaab

NEWS
ABDIQANI HASSAN SOMALIA'S government-led forces have captured an al Shabaab stronghold on the Indian Ocean coast, the defence minister said, in one of their most significant victories since launching an offensive against the Islamist group last year. The forces took the port town of Harardhere as well as the nearby town of Galcad in central Somalia's Galmudug region, Defence Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur said in a broadcast on state-owned television. Harardhere was a major base for pirates hijacking merchant ships until 2011. It was later taken over by al Shabaab, which first rose up against the government in 2007 before…
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Jan
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Gulf of Guinea pirates in ransom talks

Gulf of Guinea pirates in ransom talks

NEWS
PIRATES who kidnapped 15 sailors from a Turkish-crewed container ship in the Gulf of Guinea have made their first contact with the shipping company to discuss a ransom, Turkish state media has reported. "Communication has been established with crew members of the Mozart container ship," Istanbul-based Boden Shipping, which provides technical management services for the vessel, was quoted as saying by state-owned Anadolu news agency. "Information has been obtained that all 15 crew members are in good health, not wounded and together," it said. One sailor, an Azerbaijani citizen, was killed in the raid while those kidnapped are from Turkey,…
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Oct
15
2020
By The African Mirror
Kidnappings by pirates up 40% in Gulf of Guinea

Kidnappings by pirates up 40% in Gulf of Guinea

NEWS
KIDNAPPINGS rose by 40% in the Gulf of Guinea in the first nine months of this year, and the region of West Africa's coast now accounts for 95% of global maritime kidnappings, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed. Eighty seafarers were taken in the Gulf of Guinea, a 2.3 million sq km (888,000 sq m) area bordering more than a dozen countries, sharply up from the same period in 2019, and the pirates are attacking further out to sea than before, the IMB said. Pirates armed with guns and knives attack everything from oil platforms to fishing vessels and…
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