Piracy off the coast of Somalia declined after peaking in 2011, but resumed at a faster pace in the past year.

The northern coast faces the Gulf of Aden, while the eastern coast faces the Indian Ocean. This expansive coast offers Somalia access to crucial maritime routes that connect Africa to the ...

The south and east coast were formerly under Italian administration, and the area along the Gulf of Aden coastline was the British colony. The country is shaped like the figure “7”, or an open ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — A European naval force detained six suspected pirates on Friday after they opened fire on an oil tanker traveling through the Gulf of Aden, officials said, likely part of a ...

China today denied any credit for the Indian Navy for rescuing a cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the strategic Gulf of Aden, claiming that its naval ship equipped with a helicopter saved ...

According to the embassy, the vessel was placed under the illegal control of an armed group in the waters off the coast of Puntland, a semi-autonomous region in Somalia’s northeast, and taken to ...