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Somalia: Puntland President sacks the director of anti-piracy agency.

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.

Somali pirates marked first armed robbery in the Indian Ocean in months with the hijacking of Pakistani fishing boat off the coast of historic Eyl coastal town in northeastern Somalia...

Somali pirates marked first armed robbery in the Indian Ocean in months with the hijacking of Pakistani fishing boat off the coast of historic Eyl coastal town in northeastern Somalia...

On March 16 2017 the crew of the MT ARIS 13, a tanker vessel, was released from Somali pirate hands due to the efforts of the Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF). The entire crew is reported unharmed. Under the care of the PMPF, the MT ARIS 13 is now proceeding to the Somali port city of Bosasso. On 13 March, pirates hijacked the vessel en route to Mogadishu from Djibouti. The ship was seized approximately 18 km off the northern tip of Somalia. This incident marks the first hijacking of a large merchant vessel since the height of Somali piracy in 2012.

Somali Pirates Now Protect Illegal Fishing Vessels, UN Reports.

Somalia: ID cards prove fishermen are not pirates.

Pirates: Warship shadowing hijacked American yacht.

Less Than 60 Days Needed to Eliminate Piracy.

Fishermen to Wear Uniforms, Get ID Cards.

Somali Forces Shoot and Kill Iranian Sailor in Indian Ocean.

Iranian Held By Somali Pirates Since 2015 freed.