Hijacked sailors freed in Somalia

A boat held by Somali pirates has been freed after a gun battle, fishermen and witnesses said yesterday, claiming several of the pirates were killed.

Journalist Michael Scott Moore, a dual US and German citizen, is released after nearly three years in captivity in Somalia, officials say.

Seafarers are up in arms with the government for not setting up a quota system to regulate the employment slots for both locals and foreigners in the maritime sector.

Politicians have hijacked the Constituent Assembly proceedings and are using most of the 201 members nominated by the President to push their political agendas, a member charged yesterday.

Five Polish sailors are abducted from a cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria, while 11 others evade capture by apparently hiding in an engine room.

Selous Game Reserve, TANZANIA.  Ambassador Mark Childress observed on Monday a training of 50 Park Rangers by a team of U.S. Marines and Sailors.  This month long training is aimed at helping the Rangers combat illicit trafficking across the reserve.  The Marines and Sailors are from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa and are helping to develop small unit tactics, patrolling techniques, night operations, and logistical capabilities to increase the Rangers’...

>The carjacking of a fuel truck that took place last year in Ikungi District has taken a new twist after the vehicle’s engine and its gearbox were found at a motor vehicle spare parts shop in Dar es Salaam.

Malaysia's Minister of Transport Hishamuddin Hussein, center, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, director general of the Malaysian Department of Civil Aviation, left and Malaysia Airlines Group CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, right, listen to questions from the media during a press conference regarding missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner MH370, Friday, March 14, 2014 in Sepang, Malaysia.
Wong Maye-E, AP KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysia's...

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HMS Richmond Royal Navy sailors lend helping hand at orphanage
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Portsmouth's HMS Richmond has taken time out from her counter-terrorism and -piracy operations to provide a helping hand at an orphanage in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Between taking on supplies and hosting local dignitaries, a number of the ship's ...