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Costly comeback: Piracy returns to Horn of Africa after years of decline

By Philip Mwakio | 56m ago

An aerial view of Port of Mogadishu in Somalia. [Getty Images]

Somali pirates continue to cause havoc off the Horn of Africa Coast, carrying out brazen attacks and hijacking foreign-flagged ocean-going vessels for ransom.

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