well....i am somali and i understand what thsi pirate talking about...indeed there should be strong gov in somalia....and somalia wil be with out pirate's.
and i also would advise the french nationals stay away from somalian waters...the current president is not part of the peace!!! and he should resign.
and thoese police (thugs)from abdi qeybdiid should be on court asap.
they are the one who couz all the mess in mogadishu and around.
sh.sharif and the copy should work together and they should do their best.
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Some ship operators are considering going around the cape to avoid this territory.
That means roughly 15 days more at sea, which drives up the cost considerably. That's not likely to happen. At the moment the shipping industry is losing quite a lot of money. They simply cannot afford it.
What can be done then?
The best solution would be re-establishing law and order in Somalia, but that's wishful thinking at the moment. The second best option is re-establishing law and order in Somali waters and the Gulf of Aden. NATO and now the European Union have operations there. But the best solution would be a regional effort. In the Gulf of Aden it would be fairly straightforward and easy, because you have Saudi Arabia, which has a formidable Navy and lots of money to spend. It would be more difficult along the coast of East Africa because there you have states like Kenya and Tanzania, which don't have the resources for such operations. They would need Western expertise and maybe secondhand vessels for offshore patrols. But in the end, even though that would be costly, it would be easier and, for many of the coastal states, more acceptable than an ongoing NATO and European Union mission.
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