Sources: CNN
Troops in Somalia's region of Puntland free 22 hostages seized by pirates nearly three years ago. 2012-12-23
Somali pirates hijack a Malaysian cargo vessel with 23 crew members 900 miles off the coast of Somalia. 2010-11-29
The United Nations says child soldiers continue to be recruited to fight and engage in piracy in Somalia. 2010-11-4
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 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
Two potential pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia are disrupted by the Seychelles Coast Guard and the Australian navy. 2010-05-30
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