Somali pirates have hijacked a North Korean tanker with 28 crews in the south Somali basin, some 180 miles northwest of Seychelles.‬‪ 

‬‪The EU’s naval forces have reported in statement that MV Therese VIII, a Singaporean-operated tanker, was seized on Monday by Somali pirates, while is heading for Mombasa port in Kenya.‬‪ ‬‪

The MV Theresa VIII, registered in the U.S. Virgin Islands is loaded 22,294 tones.

Somali pirates are currently holding10 ships and 200 hostages in water of Somalia.‬‪ ‬‪Foreign warships from western counties are patrolling the area to try and prevent pirates, but the Somali pirates are now hijacking for ships far into the Indian Ocean.‬‪

Somalia, war-torn and lawless country in Horn of Africa, has not had an effective government since warlords overthrew Dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.‬‪

(Written by Muhyadin Ahmed Roble is a Somali freelance Journalist based at Kenya who works with both local and international news networks in reporting the crisis in the Horn of Africa.‬‪ ‬‪He was Editor of local Newspaper called Xiddigta and producer of Simba FM in Nairobi and Mogadishu.‬‪ ‬‪He was working more then 6 years as writer, columnist, reporter, correspondent and editor.)‬–

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