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1,000 days in captivity: Ghanaian recounts ordeal at hands of pirates

“When the emergency alarm sounded, we quickly climbed to the next deck to find out what was happening. Upon getting there, gunshots! Bullets were...

Benin probes abduction of 9 persons by pirates

Benin officials have launched a probe into the abduction of nine people from a Norwegian-flagged boat off its coast. The port of Cotonou has confirmed...

Pirates hijack ship with 11 crew members in Nigerian waters

Pirates are reported to have hijacked a ship with 11 crew members of the coast of Nigeria. Polish media reports that eight of the crew...

Hijacked Ghanaian fishing vessel rescued

Ghanaian maritime officials have confirmed that a hijacked Ghanaian fishing vessel has now been rescued and back to Ghana's ports.

Crew kidnapped by pirates from Indian ship rescued

The nine crew members kidnapped from the Indian ship by pirates from Somalia have been rescued. The mayor of Galkayo town in the state of...

Somali pirates flee hijacked Indian ship, take crew hostage

Somali security forces rescued a hijacked Indian cargo dhow on Monday, but pirates took the 11-member crew with them when they fled to land,...

Hijacked ship’s crew rescued from pirates near Somalia

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...

Hijacked vessel moved to new location off Somalia

Pirates who hijacked an Indian cargo dhow with 11 crew on board have moved the vessel to an undisclosed location off the Somali coast...

Indian commercial ship hijacked by Somali pirates

An Indian commercial ship has been hijacked by Pirates off the coast of Somalia. A former government anti-piracy official told Reuters on Monday that the vessel is heading towards the shore.

Ship hijack by Pirates in Somalia released without ransom

Somali pirates who hijacked an oil tanker have released it without condition, according to officials.

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Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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