Piracy spreads down the East African coast


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Issue 216 - 24 Sep 2011 | 9 minute read

The Swahili coast’s upstream petroleum industry is taking shape as pirates step up their activity in an ever wider area.  The US military is playing an active role, but new offshore infrastructure is vulnerable, writes Adrian J Browne. In the past 18 months, eastern Africa’s offshore gas has been put firmly on the map for international companies, but the rush of explorers taking up acreage has coincided with an unprecedented increase in piracy off Somalia. The pirates have broadened their focus in recent years, hijacking fishing vessels for use as ‘mother ships’

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