Muhyadin Ahmed Roble, AfricaNews reporter in Nairobi, Kenya Photo: Sheekh Aduun
Somali pirates have seized a Pakistani ship and 29 crew onboard in the western Indian Ocean, the European Union naval force said in a statement on Wednesday. The EU Forces said the ship was kidnapped approximately 320 nautical miles east of Socotra, an island located east to Somalia, South Yemen and Oman.
All the crew of the ship - MV Shahbaig - are Pakistani citizens, sources told AfricaNews on Wednesday.
Somali pirates currently have in their custody 11 ships and 283 hostages along the Somali Ocean. The Horn of Africa has not had naval forces since warlords overthrew long time dictator Mohamed Siad Bare in 1991.
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