Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique now unsafe for cruising sailors

8:01 PM Mon 22 Nov 2010 GMT

'Piracy has now made Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique unsafe for cruisers' .

East African countries bordering the west Indian Ocean are becoming alarmed about Somali piracy spreading to their waters. These rising acts of piracy on the East African coast, which last week included the kidnapping of two South African cruising sailors, has ignited fears of the United Nations declaring the region's waters a war-risk operation zone or dangerous for vessels to sail on, experts warn. All types of vessels are affected: cargo ships, fishing vessels, cruise ships and private sailing yachts. In the past two months, Somali pirates have intensified their activities which were once more prevalent in the Red Sea ...

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