Piracy on Somali seas
Posted by Níall Ó Murchú | in Concern Blog | 20 April 2009 | 0 comments
Update: Concern’s Overseas Director, Paul O’Brien, was interviewed on the “This Week” programme on RTE yesterday.
Pirates
Forget about the pirate archetype of yesteryear , the modern version is equipped with high-powered speedboats and mortar bombs.
Hostages
Piracy off the Somali coast has been in the headlines lately, with some high-profile hostage-taking and rescues.
RTE News
But according to Concern’s Overseas Director Paul O’Brien, there are many more people still being held hostage by pirates. Paul was interviewed recently by RTE News about the situation in Somalia: listen to the programme by clicking here.
Read more about Somalia here.
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