Somali piracy at 7-year low – UN- News24

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Pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia are at the lowest level since 2006 because of tougher ship security and more Western naval patrols, while onshore al-Shabaab militants have shifted tactics to guerrilla warfare, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

Somalia is struggling to rebuild after two decades of civil war and lawlessness sparked by the overthrow of president Siad Barre in 1991.

In a report to the UN Security Council, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said there were 17 attacks in the first nine months of 2013, compared to 99 attacks in the same period last year.



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