Somali pirates take control of Tanzanian fuel tanker Africa 3 hours ago
A merchant ship hijacked in Yemeni waters in the Gulf of Aden last week is now being held by Somali pirates, two residents of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region told Reuters on Thursday.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said last week that a vessel boarded by unauthorised personnel in the Gulf of Aden had been manoeuvred into Somali waters, classifying it as a hijack.
Somali pirates caused havoc in the waters off the Horn of Africa nation's long coastline between 2008 and 2018.
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