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US Navy rescues Iranian hostages from 'Somali pirates'
06/01/2012 - IRAN

US Navy rescues Iranian hostages from 'Somali pirates'

The US Navy has rescued 13 Iranians held hostage for "several weeks" by suspected Somali pirates in the Arabian sea, the Pentagon said on Friday.
Gambia's Fatou Bensouda to rule the ICC
15/12/2011 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Gambia's Fatou Bensouda to rule the ICC

The new chief prosecutor at the world's top criminal court is a female attorney from Gambia. We take a closer look at Fatou Bensouda. Meanwhile in Burundi, more and more opposition members and journalists are arrested, sometimes just for holding a microphone. Finally, we take a look at the nightmare scenario of a Somali fisherman who was mistaken for a pirate and imprisoned for three years.
French court sentences five Somali pirates
01/12/2011 - FRANCE

French court sentences five Somali pirates

Five Somali nationals were sentenced by a French court on Wednesday to between four and eight years in jail on charges including hijacking and armed robbery in the 2008 kidnapping of a French couple in the Gulf of Aden.
Abuducted Algerian sailors return home
21/11/2011 - THE WEEK IN MAGHREB

Abuducted Algerian sailors return home

After 10 months as hostages, over a dozen Algerians held captive by Somali pirates have been freed. We go to meet them as they are reunited with their families. Also, Morocco is heading towards parliamentary elections but disillusioned voters label them a sham and warn of a mass boycott.
France tries six Somali 'pirates' in landmark case
15/11/2011 - France

France tries six Somali 'pirates' in landmark case

Six Somali men appeared in a Paris court Tuesday in France's first prosecution of alleged Somali pirates. The men face life imprisonment over charges of hijacking, kidnapping and armed robbery of a French couple's yacht in 2008.
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Crew freed from oil tanker hijacked off Nigerian coast
14/10/2011 - NIGERIA

Crew freed from oil tanker hijacked off Nigerian coast

The entire crew of the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker Cape Bird has been freed after it was hijacked last Saturday by pirates off the Nigerian coast, the Russian firm that hired the sailors announced on Friday.
British and US commandos free hijacked Italian ship
11/10/2011 - SOMALIA

British and US commandos free hijacked Italian ship

Italy's defence ministry said Tuesday that British and US anti-piracy forces freed an Italian vessel with 23 crew onboard, after it was hijacked by 11 pirates off the Somali coast on Monday.
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Italian ship hijacked by pirates off Somali coast
10/10/2011 - SOMALIA

Italian ship hijacked by pirates off Somali coast

An Italian vessel with some 23 crew onboard is thought to have been hijacked by a group of pirates off the Somali coast, authorities reported Monday. The crew is made up Italian, Ukrainian and Indian nationals.
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French skipper killed, widow rescued after pirate attack
11/09/2011 - YEMEN

French skipper killed, widow rescued after pirate attack

Pirates in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Yemen have reportedly killed a French yacht skipper, according to a source close to the man's family. The man's wife was found unharmed.
French hostage rescued from pirates
11/09/2011 - YEMEN

French hostage rescued from pirates

A Spanish naval patrol on Saturday intercepted a pirate skiff in the Gulf of Aden and rescued one of two French citizens missing from their yacht, but found no trace of her husband, the EU’s naval force said. The yacht had been found empty earlier.
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