Sources: CNN
Troops in Somalia's region of Puntland free 22 hostages seized by pirates nearly three years ago. 2012-12-23
The Somali president urges everyone to donate funds to Somalia to help combat pirates. 2012-06-27
Security forces in Somalia seize two planes carrying ransom money for pirates, and detain six foreigners. 2011-05-24
The African Union calls on the United Nations Security Council to impose an air and naval blockade of Somalia to counter an Islamist Al-Shabaab militant insurgency and piracy. 2010-10-21
Somali pirates hijack a Marshall Islands-flagged ship with 18 Filipino sailors on board in the southern Red Sea. 2010-07-5
Somali forces from the semi-autonomous region of Puntland storm a hijacked Panamanian-flagged cargo ship, capturing the pirates and freeing the crew. 2010-06-3
Somali pirates seize the Russian oil tanker Moscow University with 23 people on board, 500 miles off the Somali coast. 2010-05-5
Piracy in Somalia: A South Korean warship catches up with an oil tanker that was hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. 2010-04-6
A Turkish ship is hijacked by Somali pirates more than 1,000 miles away from the coast of Somalia and closer to India. 2010-03-23
Pirates off the coast of Somalia seize a North Korean-flagged cargo ship south of Yemen. 2010-02-3