Somalia won’t accept Israeli presence ‘under any circumstances’: President
In exclusive Al Jazeera interview, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says Israel planning a naval base in Berbera.
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In exclusive Al Jazeera interview, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says Israel planning a naval base in Berbera.
Somali pirates killed five crew members of the hijacked MT Honour 25 petroleum products tanker before it was rescued by security forces, Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland said on Tuesday. The deaths aboard the Palau-flagged ship appear to be the first at the hands of Somali pirates in over a decade. The ship with 17 crew members was seized by pirates in April during a resurgence of Somali piracy that experts have attributed, in part, to impacts of the Iran war, including elevated...
For more than a decade, China has deployed warships to the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia. For much of that time, piracy in the region has been in sharp decline. Now, however, with attacks at their highest reported level since 2013 and other naval forces engaged in crises elsewhere, Beijing’s long-running escort mission is being tested. The renewed attacks and hijacking for ransom come as the US Navy focuses on operations connected to the war on Iran, and India sends ships towards the...
With longer routes potentially increasing costs and delays, disruptions could eventually affect prices and supplies in Somali markets.
Fighting on the outskirts of Baidoa wounded 71 people and killed a civilian, the latest flare-up in the standoff between Mogadishu and the ousted leadership of South West state. The post Pre-Dawn Fighting in Baidoa Leaves 71 Wounded and One Civilian Dead appeared first on The Rio Times.