The two rival groups were engaged in a cutlass fight on Friday night Seven persons have been left with various degrees of injuries following violent clashes between two youth groups within the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region, MyNewsGh.com reports. The injured persons currently on admission at the Wa Regional Hospital are members of … Read more
The two rival groups were engaged in a cutlass fight on Friday night Seven persons have been left with various degrees of injuries following violent clashes between two youth groups within the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region, MyNewsGh.com reports. The injured persons currently on admission at the Wa Regional Hospital are members of … Read more
South Korea has deployed a naval vessel from its regional anti-piracy effort to help in the search after a fishing boat was hijacked by pirates off Ghana, South Korea’s foreign ministry said on Saturday. The ministry said the fishing boat had about 40 crew – mostly from Ghana but including three South Koreans. It said … Read more
Ancient piracy is typified not only by glamour and style, but also a military-like posture where targets are selected and attacks copiously masterminded to get the biggest booty. At the peak of his exploits, Black Sam did not share the West Indies with other pirates. What’s more, visibility was part of the mastery of the … Read more
Pirates suspected to be from Nigeria have within the last 48 hours launched a series of attacks on three vessels operating within the West African coast of Ghana. Five persons – one Ghanaian, a Greek, and three Korean nationals – are being held hostage by the pirates who are yet to make any demands or … Read more
Incidents of pirate attacks in the Gulf of Guinea has come down, following the acquisition of a modern Vessel Traffic Management Information System (VTMIS), Captain Inusah Abdul Nasir, Deputy Director in charge of Environment and Ship Safety at the Ghana Maritime Authority has said. According to him, piracy is one of the illicit activities that … Read more
A South Korean warship is heading for Somalia to hold an anti-piracy drill in waters off the country’s coast. The 4,400-ton destroyer Daejoyoung left the South Korean port of Busan yesterday, with a 300-strong crew on board. Friday’s drill will involve the destroyer Daejoyoung, a 17,000-ton commercial vessel and 350 seamen and sailors, the South … Read more
Former Big Brother Africa star, Mimi Abu Andani, has expressed dissatisfaction with the way legal systems in Africa tackle the issues of piracy, saying the systems do not pay much attention to the menace. Mrs Andani, who is also the Director of the Golden Movie Awards Africa (GMAA), bemoaned that piracy was affecting the businesses … Read more
The skiff of the pirates was set ablaze A Somali man has been sentenced to life in prison by a US judge for his role in an attack on a US Navy ship seven years ago. Mohamed Farah and five other Somali pirates attacked the USS Ashland in April, 2010 off the coast of Djibouti. … Read more
Drought and famine seem to be fuelling a resurgence of piracy off the coast of Somalia, the United States’ top military chief in Africa said Sunday. Half a dozen pirate attacks have been reported in the region over the last month, after falling to zero in recent years, said US general Thomas Waldhauser. “Some of … Read more
Somali security forces have rescued an Indian cargo ship seized by pirates earlier this month, but the hijackers took nine of the 11-man crew when they fled ashore. They are thought to be being held near the city of Hobyo. The Al Kausar was one of three vessels to be hijacked after a five-year lull. … Read more
Somali security forces have liberated an Indian cargo ship from the pirates who hijacked it, but only two of the ten-man crew were rescued, authorities in central Somalia said Monday. Abdulahi Ahmed Ali, district commissioner for the pirate-hub region of Hobyo, told local press the “Al Kauser” ship had been held off the Indian Ocean … Read more
The navies of India and China carried out a joint operation Sunday to rescue a merchant ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the Indian defence ministry said. After receiving a distress call on Saturday night, the Indian warships established contact with the captain of the merchant vessel who had locked himself … Read more
Nineteen crew members have been freed from a ship captured by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. Maritime officials received an alert on Saturday that pirates had boarded the timber-carrying ship about 75 miles (120km) from the coast of Yemen. Ships from three countries diverted to its path. A Chinese team boarded the vessel … Read more
The navies of India and China carried out a joint operation Sunday to rescue a merchant ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the Indian defence ministry said. After receiving a distress call on Saturday night, the Indian warships established contact with the captain of the merchant vessel who had locked himself … Read more
An Indian cargo ship seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia on Saturday (see earlier entries) has been located by the European anti-piracy force in the region. The vessel is now in the vicinity of Hobyo, a port town in the semi-autonomous region of Galmudug, the EU Naval Force said, giving a location for … Read more
Somali pirates have seized an Indian cargo ship and 11 crew members, the ship’s owner said Monday, as a recent series of hijackings raises fears of a resurgence in piracy. The “Al Kausar” is the third vessel to be hijacked in less than a month off the coast of Somalia as experts warn that ships … Read more
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has fallen sharply in recent years Somali pirates have hijacked an Indian cargo ship off the coast of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, officials there say. One source said the vessel was heading towards Somali shores. There were no details of the crew or destination. Some two weeks earlier … Read more
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has fallen sharply in recent years Somali pirates have hijacked an Indian cargo ship off the coast of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, officials there say. One source said the vessel was heading towards Somali shores. There were no details of the crew or destination. Some two weeks earlier … Read more
Government is planning to establish what Vice President Bawumia has described as ‘a forward operating base’ at the western border and to train and equip Special Forces for emerging maritime threats. He says, “There is growing awareness that the vast resources and potential in the Gulf of Guinea are being undermined by multifaceted domestic, regional … Read more