Piracy has resumed off the Somali coast in recent months after a five-year lull.

They need to be stopped, or even more angry fishermen will join the ranks of the pirates.

The four men were executed in Baidoa, which lies about 245 km northwest of Mogadishu, on Monday.

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Kampala - Uganda last week hosted a meeting of representatives from the different federal states and regions within Somalia to enhance maritime security in the Indian Ocean.

The men have been convicted under charges, including attempt to murder, kidnapping and relevant sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Arms Act. They were acquitted of charges, including culpable homicide not amounting to murder and kidnapping for ransom.

A joint US-Somali military raid on an al-Shabaab target in Somalia on Sunday resulted in the capture of an al-Shabaab facilitator who is suspected of being a lawful US resident, two US defense officials told CNN.

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The Islamist group has been fighting for years to impose its own harsh interpretation of Islam on Somalia.

Islamic militant group says it killed at least 57 soldiers in takeover of peacekeeping base in Kulbiyow, Somalia

Car bomb rips through a crowded market in Mogadishu, killing 39 people days after Somalia elected a new president.

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In yet another sign of Beijing's growing Naval might, a fresh image has emerged of a Chinese diesel-electric submarine in Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia after an extended deployment in the Indian Ocean. In a report yesterday, NDTV showed a Google Earth image of a Chinese nuclear submarine which had docked in Karachi in May last year - a matter of serious concern for the Indian Navy which is worried about Chinese submarines tracking the movements of its own ships and submarines in the Indian…

At least six people were killed and seven others injured when militants attacked Afgoye town, southwest of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Thursday night. Residents say they saw heavily armed militants take up positions before storming a government checkpoint in the town. “They were around 100 heavily armed militants.