Tag: Somali

Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik Tuesday said that they had finalized the strategy to free abducted Pakistanis from the custody of Somali pirates. While...

The Danish Navy on Thursday said it had stopped a pirate ship off the Somali coast, rescuing 12 hostages, nine of them Pakistanis, and...

An airstrike on Sunday in Somalia killed five people and wounded 45, mostly women and children, in a camp for people displaced by drought...

A large Pakistani fishing trawler that had been taken over by a group of Somali pirates earlier this week was rescued by the Combined...

African Union and Somali government forces on Saturday launched an offensive to flush out remnant Shebab militia from a Mogadishu district, two months after...

The Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) has come forward with an offer of $2.1 million to Somali pirates for releasing seven Pakistani sailors held hostage...

Somalia's prime minister called for greater international military support Thursday to extend the beleaguered government's control beyond the famine-struck capital, following a pullout by...

Somali government forces backed by African Union troops moved cautiously on Sunday into areas of the famine-struck capital abandoned the day before by Shebab...

Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed said on Saturday his military had defeated Islamist rebels battling to overthrow his Western-backed government after the al Shabaab...

Somali pirates have released an oil tanker which was hijacked a week ago that had a Kenyan among the crew after a 200,000 U.S....

Al Qaeda-inspired insurgents abducted and detained Somalia's newly appointed women's minister Thursday while she was on her way to take up office, officials and...

Less than a week ago, some Pakistani and Indian sailors of a hijacked ship (SV Suez) were released by Somali pirates on payment of...

Karachi on Thursday welcomed a group of hostages held for 10 months by pirates off the coast of Somalia, after sending a navy vessel...

The 22 crew members, including six Indians, of Egyptian merchant vessel MV Suez will reach here before being sent back to their respective countries,...

Naval Chief Admiral Nauman Bashir Sunday directed PNS Babar to transfer the crew of MV Suez on frigate to rescue them. According media reports, Adm....

Somalia’s prime minister remained steadfast in his refusal to resign on Tuesday, defying a deal struck between the president and parliamentary speaker to oust...

At least four Pakistani hostages among other 22 kept in captivity of Somali pirates were released on Monday after payment of huge ransom and...