Tag: Somalia

The European Council prolonged the mandates of its Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions and operation in the Horn of Africa and Somalia.

Somalia has launched a high-tech maritime facility for the police to boost security along the coastline as the country continues to expand its blue economy.

The United Nations Security Council has not extended UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2608 (2021) which, among other measures, allowed for the fight against piracy and armed robbery of International Forces at sea within Somalia's territorial waters (TTW).

The Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) agreed last month to change its name to the Contact Group on Illicit Maritime Activities in the Western Indian Ocean, after it was decided that piracy off the coast of Somalia was now virtually non-existent.

EMSA is supporting EU Naval Force operations, Atalanta and Irini, after the signature of two cooperation agreements with EU NAVFOR-Somalia (Operation Atalanta) and EUNAVFOR MED (Operation Irini).

The EU's flagship naval operation risks losing permission to pursue pirates in Somalia's waters due to local politics.

An important component of the EU NavFor mission in Somalia – person-to-person training – is back following an easing of COVID-19 restrictions.

Eleven seafarers trapped aboard the Haj Abdulla are at extreme risk, with the ship taking on water off Mogadishu, Somalia, ITF informed.

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region gazetted the United Nations Sanctions (Somalia) Regulation 2019 (Amendment) Regulation 2021 (L.N. 19 of 2021) on 11 February 2021, Hong Kong MARDEP informed. 

The International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) issued its annual report concerning international piracy incidents, highlighting that the Gulf of Guinea is a hot spot for piracy incidents and remains a crucial challenge for seafarers.