The Somali government has commenced a plan to issue fishermen with identification cards to eliminate the possibility of them being mistaken for pirates. Puntland’s Ministry for Fisheries and Marine Resources has revealed that about 2,000 ID cards have been doled… Read more ›
The governments of China and Djibouti have signed an agreement to promote mutually beneficial co-operation in the defense industry. The agreement signed between Defense Ministers, Chang Wanquan and Hassan Darar of China and Djibouti respectively, will reportedly see the east… Read more ›
Twenty-four Somali men accused of piracy have been levelled with 7 years in jail by a Kenyan court last week. The men were reportedly arrested in 2010 as they attempted to hijack an Iranian vessel, FV Ariya, just off the… Read more ›