This month, a massive commercial vessel was hijacked 620 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia. Formally flagged to Malta, the Hellas Aphrodite is a Greek-owned tanker that was carrying gasoline ...

NAIROBI, Kenya ” Piracy off Somalia is on the rise because an Islamic group that had cracked down on the seafaring criminals was ousted from power, an official who tracks such cases off Africa’s side ...

Lioli FC head coach Bongani Maseko says Orlando Pirates are currently the best team on the African continent. The Lesotho champions suffered a 7-0 aggregate defeat to the Soweto giants in a two-legged ...

Pirates off the coasts of Somalia have hijacked a commercial vessel for the first time in 18 months, raising fears of a resurgence of armed attacks along the coasts of Somalia.

South African club Orlando Pirates on Saturday became the first high-profile casualty of the 2025-26 CAF Champions League ...

As part of their preparations for the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN), Angola's local squad will play a friendly against the renowned South African club Orlando Pirates on July 26. According ...

* West African pirate gangs targeting cargoes * More likely to use extreme violence * Shore based response sought By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Ships passing through the Gulf of Guinea ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Pirates off the coast of Nigeria and Cameroon attacked a ship and kidnapped three sailors, including two Russians, in the latest assault on shippers in the increasingly dangerous ...

Coach Josef Zinnbauer did not have time to celebrate his greatest triumph with South African club Orlando Pirates this weekend as he dashed to Germany, where his son is hospitalised. German coach ...

DAKAR/LONDON (Reuters) - Nigerian pirate gangs are moving into the waters of neighbouring countries and attacking vessels further offshore after being driven from their coastal haunts by a military ...