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Yemeni pirates [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] Piracy off the coast of Somalia occurs in the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel, and Somali Sea, in Somali territorial waters and other surrounding places and has a long troubled history with different perspectives from different communities. It was initially a threat to international fishing vessels during the ...
2017-03-16. unknown (no ransom paid) On 13 March 2017, Aris 13, was hijacked by pirates in two skiffs a few miles off Alula, the northernmost town of Somalia in Puntland. It was the first hijacking of a large commercial vessel since 2012. The ship was taking oil from Djibouti to the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
Somalia's ecological parks, coral reefs and protected areas Following Somalia's independence in 1960, the Ministry of Tourism was established in order to regulate the national tourist industry. [ 1 ] In 1969, the Law on Fauna (Hunting) and Forest Conservation was passed, which defined and provided for the establishment of controlled areas, game ...
2024 Lido Beach attack. On 2 August 2024, Al-Shabaab attacked Lido Beach in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. The attack started with a suicide bombing, followed by a mass shooting inside a hotel. [4] Explosions and gunfire shook a hotel near the beach, with restaurants and other hotels in the area also being targeted.
The Trump travel ban was a series of executive actions taken by U.S. President Donald Trump that restricted entry into the United States by certain foreign nationals, beginning with Executive Order 13769, issued on January 27, 2017. [1][2] It was labeled as a " Muslim ban " by Trump, his aides, [3][4] as well as his critics, [5][6] and became ...
Politics of Somalia. Visitors to Somalia must obtain a visa on arrival in accordance with the law. All visitors must hold a passport valid for 6 months. [1][2][3]
United Nations Operation in Somalia I (UNOSOM I) was the first part of a United Nations (UN) sponsored effort to provide, facilitate, and secure humanitarian relief in Somalia, as well as to monitor the first UN-brokered ceasefire of the Somali Civil War conflict in the early 1990s. The operation was established in April 1992 and ran until its ...
Jamaica, a once-popular vacation and tourism destination, was recently made a level 3 travel warning advisory recommending U.S. citizens reconsider traveling to the island nation. The U.S ...