Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud with Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in March 2024.
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All states have limited security capabilities and they generally prioritise them close to home. where it matters.
French soldiers in a Zodiac (L) approach a Yemeni fishermen’s boat during a patrol mission in the Gulf of Aden.
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Suez Canal ship traffic has dropped sharply due to frequent attacks at sea.
A naval soldier guards a warship from its deck.
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Piracy off the Somali coast remains a high-risk undertaking with a low probability of success.
Oil tanker Aris-13 was released by pirates of the Gulf of Aden in Puntland on March 19, 2017.
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Stopping piracy has always been difficult, expensive and time consuming. The pirates of the 21st century have proved even more resilient.
Suspected Somali pirates captured by the Dutch navy working under NATO command.
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The tanker hijacking off the Somali coast will not be an isolated incident unless the international community remains engaged to root out piracy.