Somalia warns of return to piracy

Six years after he became one of the first foreign journalists to visit the pirate stronghold of Eyl, the BBC's Andrew Harding has returned to the Puntland region of Somalia, to see why - after years without a ship being hijacked - piracy is back on the agenda.

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JK commissions two navy patrol ships to help in fighting piracy.
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President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday commissioned two patrol ships to boost the Navy in the ongoing fight against piracy. The ships, which were given by the Chinese government, will also be used in protecting Tanzania's sea resources. It is hoped that they ...
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