Topic: Harardhere

Kidnapped Briton sick with fever, says pirate

A British woman held in Somalia after being abducted from a Kenyan beach resort where her husband was shot dead is suffering from stress and has come down with fever, a pirate leader said Tuesday."I was told the hostage is stressed ...
A British woman abducted from a Kenyan beach resort last week has reportedly been transferred to a village near Somalia's northern town of Harardhere, residents said Sunday.Local elders in Amara village near the Islamist-controlled Harardhere town said Judith Tebbutt's ...

Pirates bringing hijacked US yacht to Somali lair

Somali pirates who hijacked a yacht believed to have Americans onboard were expected to bring the boat back to their main base of Hobyo, a senior pirate commander told AFP Saturday.According to Ecoterra International, a non-governmental organisation monitoring maritime activity in ...

Somali Islamists, pirates dispute ransom cuts

Pirates holding ships off Harardhere in central Somalia are moving them after disputes over ransom sharing with the Al-Qaeda-linked rebels controlling the town, local sources said Friday.Pirate sources in the nearby pirate lair of Hobyo, off the shores of which most ...
<div><p>A hardline Islamist militia vowed Monday to end piracy in Somalia by imposing sharia law, after seizing control of a notorious nest of pirates and forcing them to flee.</p><p>The pirates abandoned the port of Harardhere and sailed ...

Somali Islamists vow crackdown on piracy

<div><p>A hardline Islamist militia on Monday vowed to end piracy in Somalia by imposing sharia law, after seizing control of a notorious nest of pirates and forcing them to flee.</p><p>The pirates abandoned the port of Harardhere and ...
<div><p>A hardline Islamist militia pledged on Monday after seizing control of one of Somalia's main pirate hubs to end piracy in the region by imposing Islamic sharia law.</p><p>A day after the Hezb al-Islam captured Harardhere town ...
<div><p>Pirates holding ships just off the Somali town of Harardhere moved them Monday after Islamist militants seized the town, residents and pirates said.</p><p>"The Islamists have not interfered with us yet but some ships near Harardhere were moved ...

Somali Islamists seize pirate hub: residents

<div><p>Islamist militants on Sunday seized Somalia's port town and major pirate hub of Harardhere, residents said, raising concerns for three international ships and 60 crew held there.</p><p>Militants from the Hezb Al-Islam group had been advancing on ...

Somali Islamists seize pirate hub without a fight

<div><p>Heavily armed Islamist militants from Somalia?s Hezb Al-Islam group Sunday seized the port town and pirate hub of Harardhere without a fight, residents said.</p><p>The militants had been advancing on Harardhere, 500 kilometres (300 miles) north of ...