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The Sibu 1, the Eritrean-flagged tanker Puntland's maritime police freed from pirates off the Mudug coast after five weeks in captivity

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Puntland Frees the Sibu 1 and Takes Fifteen Pirates Alive

September 25, 2026

GAROWE, SOMALIA – Puntland's maritime police freed the Eritrean-flagged tanker Sibu 1 off the Mudug coast on Friday 25 September ...

President Said Abdullahi Deni seated before the crowd in Xaafuun on 9 September 2026, where he said Puntland will fight the pirates the way it fought Daesh

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President Deni Tells Xaafuun the Pirates Will Be Fought Like Daesh While Mogadishu Passes a Law

by Dalmar

September 11, 2026

XAAFUUN, SOMALIA – President Said Abdullahi Deni told the people of Xaafuun on the evening of Wednesday 9 September that ...

The Puntland coastline where the hijacked tanker Eureka has been held at anchor with its crew since May

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Egypt Takes the Eureka to the Arab League Because Somalia Cannot Free It

by Dalmar

September 9, 2026

CAIRO, EGYPT – Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty pressed Somalia's foreign minister Abdisalam Abdi Ali on Monday 7 September to ...

President Said Abdullahi Deni chairs the Bari region security meeting in Bosaso on 1 September 2026, with Puntland ministers, MPs, commanders and the regional and district administrations around the table

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Deni Puts Every Technical in Bari Under His Own Signature

by Jama

September 2, 2026

Puntland's Bari security meeting bans unlicensed weapons in the towns, puts every armed vehicle under the president's signature and orders ...

The Nugaal coast where the MV Lutuf was held, as Puntland accuses officials in Villa Somalia of brokering the ransom that freed the ship

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Puntland Says Villa Somalia Phoned the Pirates It Claims to Have Beaten

by Dalmar

August 31, 2026

GAROWE, SOMALIA – Puntland's Ministry of Security says it monitored telephone calls between senior federal officials and the men holding ...

The Nugaal coast north of Eyl, where the MV Lutuf was held at anchor before a two and a half million dollar payment freed the ship and its crew

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The Eyl Hijackers Take Two and a Half Million Dollars for the MV Lutuf

by Dalmar

August 29, 2026

EYL, SOMALIA – The MV Lutuf and its ten crew have been released after a payment of two and a ...

Puntland deputy security minister Abdirahman Yusuf Dujaana, whose public accusation over the Nugaal coast strikes drew Ankara's joint-command reply

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Puntland Names Ankara and Gets a Joint Command in Reply

by Dalmar

August 28, 2026

GAROWE, SOMALIA – Turkiye's defence ministry gave its first formal answer on Thursday to the strikes that have killed at ...

The fishing settlements of Puntland's Nugaal coast, where strikes around the hijacked MV Lutuf have killed local men

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Mogadishu Says It Knew About the MV Lutuf Strikes and Names Nobody

by Jama

August 26, 2026

GAROWE, SOMALIA – Somalia's state minister for defence has told reporters in Mogadishu that the federal government knew in advance ...

The Puntland coast at Garmaal in the Nugaal region, where strikes on August 18 and 20 killed fishermen and Puntland has demanded an account from the warships offshore.

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Puntland Demands an Account From the Warships Off Its Coast

by Dalmar

August 22, 2026

GAROWE, SOMALIA– Puntland has become the first Somali authority to formally demand that foreign governments account for military strikes carried ...

The fishing village of Garmaal on Puntland's Nugaal coast, where a drone strike killed four men this week.

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Garmaal Buries Fishermen the First Reports Called Pirates

by Jama

August 21, 2026

GARMAAL, SOMALIA– A drone strike that Puntland security sources first described as a clean hit on fleeing pirates has come ...

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Tag: piracy

Puntland Frees the Sibu 1 and Takes Fifteen Pirates Alive

President Deni Tells Xaafuun the Pirates Will Be Fought Like Daesh While Mogadishu Passes a Law

Egypt Takes the Eureka to the Arab League Because Somalia Cannot Free It

Deni Puts Every Technical in Bari Under His Own Signature

Puntland Says Villa Somalia Phoned the Pirates It Claims to Have Beaten

The Eyl Hijackers Take Two and a Half Million Dollars for the MV Lutuf

Puntland Names Ankara and Gets a Joint Command in Reply

Mogadishu Says It Knew About the MV Lutuf Strikes and Names Nobody

Puntland Demands an Account From the Warships Off Its Coast

Garmaal Buries Fishermen the First Reports Called Pirates

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