International Organizations, Governments, and Private Sector Try to Combat Somalia Maritime Piracy in Gulf of Aden

On September 15, 2008, European Union foreign ministers approved plans for a possible naval mission to the Horn of Africa to prevent and arrest pirates attacking and hijacking ships and kidnapping persons on them. On September 16, 2008, French special forces rescued two French nationals from the yacht which had been hijacked in the Gulf of Aden. Meanwhile, governments and private sector groups are mobilizing for preventive and enforcement action against Somalia pirates...[more