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Why is piracy picking up off Somalia’s coast again?

Source: Al Jazeera August 31, 2026 · 56 minutes ago

Piracy is surging back off Somalia's coast, though not yet at the scale of its 2011 peak.

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Why is piracy picking up off Somalia’s coast again?

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