Pirates Near Somalia
While we are sitting quite contentedly writing about elections in London and Zimbabwe, life in the rest of the world continues as usual. A French yacht has been seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia, and no contact has been made with the crew. This is a big problem in those waters, apparently, with 25 such incidences occurring last year. An aid ship was recently escorted by the French Navy because of the threat of pirates. Read more, courtesy of the BBC.
It’s a brief reminder of the world outside the M25.