Last week, in a series of stories we featured on Somalia, the issue of dumping of toxic waste off the Somalian coast emerged. I have just discovered this story in Al Jazeera from 11 October 2008:
‘Toxic waste’ behind Somali piracy
By Najad Abdullahi
Somali pirates have accused European firms of dumping toxic waste off the Somali coast and are demanding an $8m ransom for the return of a Ukranian ship they captured, saying the money will go towards cleaning up the waste.
The ransom demand is a means of “reacting to the toxic waste that has been continually dumped on the shores of our country for nearly 20 years”, Januna Ali Jama, a spokesman for the pirates, based in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, said. Read the rest of this entry »
Amidst general statements about the response to piracy off the Somalian coast, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s four-point plan announced earlier this week, Teri Schultz of Global Post assesses the possibility of the fight being taken into Somalia:
Leaders to discuss taking pirate fight to land
BRUSSELS — The dramatic tale of the Capt. Richard Phillips’ rescue in the Gulf of Aden earlier this week captured the attention of the world and trained unprecedented attention on the increasing problem of Somali piracy.
Now U.S. and European officials are increasingly discussing the possibility of bringing the fight on land to address the roots of the problem in Somalia. Read the rest of this entry »
There is a very lively debate in the mainstream media on what should be done to fight piracy in the Gulf of Aden. However, all of the solutions seem to focus on violence and military might. Are there any other options that have yet to be debated?
Last week, in a series of stories we featured on Somalia, the issue of dumping of toxic waste off the Somalian coast emerged. I have just discovered this story in Al Jazeera from 11 October 2008:
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Amidst general statements about the response to piracy off the Somalian coast, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s four-point plan announced earlier this week, Teri Schultz of Global Post 
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