“Somalia’s hardline al Shabaab rebels denied Friday they had threatened to attack Kenya following a crackdown on Somalis in its capital Nairobi, and said a recording posted on the internet was a fake. Renewed fears over the insurgents’ links with Yemen and al Qaeda, and an attack on the home of a Danish cartoonist by [...]
January 22nd, 2010 | Posted in Global Risk News | Read More »
Reuters is running a fascinating article on venture capital-style investment networks being run by Somali pirates. This implications of this are fairly significant for a number of reasons: It provides additional funding for piracy operations which can lead to more capable pirate fleets and sustained operations It engages support and reward for piracy operations at [...]
December 2nd, 2009 | Posted in Global Risk News | Read More »
