Interpol is compiling a database of fingerprints, photographs and other personal information on Somali pirate suspects to help fight piracy at sea, the agency said Wednesday.
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Ecoterra International announces that they have just received information from Japan, that Akio Yonago, the one-armed Japanese sailor on S/Y EMU II has today arrived in Thailand and is safe and well.
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The African Union on Monday extended by seven months the mandate of its force (AMISOM) in Somalia which is struggling to contain violence in Somalia, its senior official said.
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Russia's Pacific Fleet will send a third task force later this month to protect shipping routes from Somali pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden, a fleet commander said on Tuesday.
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by Rasika Somarathna
MV CHARELLE seized by Somali pirates last Friday off the Omani coast with seven Sri Lankans on board, including the captain, was heading towards the Somalian coast yesterday, reportedly with none of the crew harmed.
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The consolidated surplus for all Canadian governments, including the two major pension plans, fell from $31.5 billion to $2.4 billion in current dollars between the fiscal years ending March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2009. The deterioration came as expenditures continued to increase while revenues fell during the year.
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At least seven Sri Lankans are believed to be on board the sea-jacked German-owned cargo ship MV CHARELLE captured 60 nautical miles south of Sur on the Omani coast.
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Peace has always been our people’s most ardent desire. Our prophets gave the world the vision of peace, we greet one another with wishes of peace, and our prayers conclude with the word peace.
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Western security services say Shebaab is a Somali proxy for Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network. That view was echoed by a former rebel hardliner who defected a few weeks ago and took his fighters over the government side.
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urges the Canadian and Australian governments to work for the immediate release of two freelance journalists who have been held captive in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, since August.
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