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Merchant vessels off Djibouti, near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Regional conflicts raise fears of renewed piracy in the Gulf of Aden

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud at the UN General Assembly, 24 September 2026.

Somalia's Supreme Court declares President Mohamud's term extension unlawful

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