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Militants in Nigeria's Delta region have seized an oil vessel and its crew, an army spokesman says.

South Korean officials say pirates have hijacked a Japanese cargo ship off Somalia carrying 23 crew, including five South Koreans.

A multi-million dollar Nigerian satellite launched 18 months ago is shut down to avoid crashing into other satellites.

A chemical tanker with at least 21 Filipinos on board has been hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, say officials.

Sudanese authorities find one of two missing Chinese oil workers from a group of nine kidnapped last week.

Five of nine Chinese oil workers kidnapped in Sudan nine days ago have been killed, the Sudanese foreign ministry says.

Nine Chinese oil workers and their two Sudanese drivers are kidnapped in Sudan, a Chinese diplomat in Khartoum has said.

Pirates release 22 crew members they kidnapped from a South Korean cargo ship last month in Somalia.

Malaysia sends three navy ships to the coast of Somalia to protect merchant vessels from piracy.

Somali pirates free an Omani fishing vessel held for nearly eight months during which time the engineer died.