Somali Gunmen In Kenya Abduct Tourist In Wheelchair
A group apparently dragged a wheelchair-bound French woman out of bed before speeding away in their boat.
A group apparently dragged a wheelchair-bound French woman out of bed before speeding away in their boat.
Witnesses said that a group of pirates had recently arrived with a female hostage in a notorious [tag]pirate[/tag] den hundreds of miles inside Somalia.
The hijacking was the latest in a series of increasingly brazen assaults on commercial shipping in a coastal region of Africa that had been considered relatively safe until this year.
The hijacking was the latest in a series of increasingly brazen assaults on commercial shipping in a coastal region of Africa that had been considered relatively safe until this year.
Nuruddin Farah’s novel offers a close look at Somalia, and its pirates.
The Obama administration puts the global cost of illegal fishing to legal fishermen and coastal communities at up to $23 billion of seafood and seafood products annually.
Seven Danish citizens, including a family with three children, had been held hostage in Somalia since February.
Two Somali pirates involved in a botched effort to obtain ransom that ended with the murders of four U.S. citizens were sentenced to life in prison Monday.
Kevin P. Coughlin, a special agent for the F.B.I., belongs to a squad whose caseload includes investigating crime on the high seas.
The International Maritime Bureau says Nigeria and Benin reported 18 [tag]pirate[/tag] attacks in the first half of 2011, an increase that rival those of Somalia.