Somalia Politics News

Freelancers are unlikely to have insurance cover to bring them professional assistance if they are abducted. Vaughan Smith, a former freelance journalist who ran the Frontline Television News agency, said the cost of insurance was prohibitively high and there was...

An Alberta woman who spent almost two weeks in captivity in Nigeria says a Canadian journalist recently freed in Somalia should "take it slow and rejoice." Alberta credits a reviving economy and higher oil revenues with reducing its anticipated deficit...

There are reports that up to a million was paid in ransom but this has not been confirmed. It is probable that at least some significant ransom was paid or the two would not have been released. Brennan tried to...

Amanda Lindhout, shown in a Facebook photo, and an Australian colleague were released in Somalia Wednesday after their families paid an undisclosed amount of money...When they were bundled into a car by militiamen Wednesday night, Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout and...

Friends and colleagues of Amanda Lindhout are expressing relief at the freelance journalist's release following 15 months in captivity in Somalia. A statement on the website of a Calgary white supremacist group linked to a recent homemade bomb attack says...

A Greek shipping company rejected on Thursday a claim by Somalia pirates that one of its cargo vessels and the Ukrainian crew captured six months ago had been freed for a $3.7m ransom. The pirates' announcement earlier on Thursday was...

Alberta credits a reviving economy and higher oil revenues with reducing its anticipated deficit to $4.3 billion. Canadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout has arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, a day after being released in Somalia following 15 months of captivity. One...

According to Mehr News Agency, Iran Nesa , an oil tanker which belonged to the Iranian Oil Tanker Company, was attacked on Sunday in the waters of Bab al-Mandeb — a strategic strait which connects the Red Sea to the...

The home town of the pirates, Haradhere, is now celebrating a spending boom One of the pirates who took part in the negotiations for the release of the ‘Alakrana’ Basque tuna fishing boat and her crew has claimed that they...