Piracy in the Gulf of Aden continues to thrive despite international efforts at joint maritime patrols along the Somali coastline.
Combating the menace has proven futile, with international laws ill equipped to address what is fast becoming a threat to the lives of crewmen and global trade.
Barring a few incidents, the pirates have, and will continue to indiscriminately attack merchant vessels with the knowledge that their actions are irreprehensible for lack of a recognised mandate which allows the world’s navies to engage and prosecute the 21st Century buccaneers.
As the stakeholders debate over a solution, there has been little to suggest that they are learning from the current crisis; after all, piracy has not been synonymous with Somalia since time immemorial, it has grown out of necessity and dire circumstances, admittedly to represent a thriving business for people in the East African nation.
Yet if one was to study the cause of Somali piracy from its inception, it could be applicable to any corner of the world – one in which people are pushed to the brink of existence and forced to embrace violence and informal work for lack of basic necessities, in this case water.
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