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Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Yahoo
China Says Three Nationals Kidnapped Off Ghana Have Been Found
(Bloomberg) -- China said that three nationals apparently kidnapped while fishing off the coast of Ghana 'are safe now.' Gold-Rush Fever Returns to Historic New Zealand Mining Town What Frank Lloyd Wright Learned From the Desert Bank Regulators Fight for Desks as OCC Returns to New York Tower These US Bridges Face High Risk of Catastrophic Ship Strikes Charter Schools, Colleges Push Muni Debt Distress Near Record Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun made the remarks when asked Monday about the incident involving suspected pirates on March 27. 'China will work with Ghana to earnestly protect the safety and security of Chinese nationals and institutions in Ghana,' he added. The abductions took place in the waters off the West African nation on March 27, the Ghana Armed Forces had said in a statement. Seven armed men boarded a fishing boat named the Mengxin I, fired warning shots and seized mobile phones of the crew, Ghana's military said. They then kidnapped the vessel's captain, chief mate and chief engineer, it said. --With assistance from Victoria Cavaliere and Virginia Van Natta. Trump's IRS Cuts Are Tempting Taxpayers to Cheat Google Is Searching for an Answer to ChatGPT Israel Aims to Be the World's Arms Dealer Business Schools Are Back How a US Maker of Rat-Proof Trash Bins Got Boxed in by Trump's Tariffs ©2025 Bloomberg L.P.
Express Tribune
31-03-2025
- Express Tribune
Chinese sailors missing off Ghana in suspected pirate attack
Three Chinese nationals are missing after their vessel came under a "suspected pirate attack" off the coast of Ghana, authorities said over the weekend. The apparent kidnapping is the latest in the Gulf of Guinea, an area off the Atlantic coast of Africa whose waters -- rich in hydrocarbons and fisheries -- stretch across a slew of jurisdictions, including those of countries with limited naval and coast guard capacities. Just before 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, seven armed individuals boarded the Mengxin I vessel in Ghanaian waters and fired warning shots, the Ghanaian military said in a statement. The assailants rounded up members of the crew and sent others into hiding. By the time the attackers departed three hours later, the captain, chief mate and chief engineer — all Chinese nationals — were missing, according to the statement, dated Saturday. They are "suspected of being kidnapped by the attackers," it said. Ghanaian authorities are sharing information with other members of west African regional bloc ECOWAS, it added. In 2022, a UN Security Council resolution co-sponsored by Ghana and Norway was issued to condemn the spike of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. A study published in 2021 by the Stable Seas research institute found that pirate groups, mostly in the Niger Delta, can earn around $5 million per year through theft and hostage-taking. That same year, a Danish naval patrol killed four pirates in an exchange of fire off the coast of Nigeria.
Arab News
30-03-2025
- Arab News
3 sailors missing off Ghana in suspected pirate attack
ACCRA: Three Chinese nationals are missing after their vessel came under a 'suspected pirate attack' off the coast of Ghana, authorities said over the weekend. The apparent kidnapping is the latest in the Gulf of Guinea, an area off the Atlantic coast of Africa whose waters — rich in hydrocarbons and fisheries — stretch across several jurisdictions, including those of countries with limited naval and coast guard capacities. Just before 6 p.m. on Thursday, seven armed people boarded the Mengxin I vessel in Ghanaian waters and fired warning shots, the Ghanaian military said in a statement. In 2022, a UN Security Council resolution co-sponsored by Ghana and Norway was issued to condemn the spike in piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The assailants rounded up members of the crew and sent others into hiding. By the time the attackers departed three hours later, the captain, chief mate, and chief engineer — all Chinese nationals — were missing, according to the statement, dated Saturday. They are 'suspected of being kidnapped by the attackers,' it said. Ghanaian authorities are sharing information with other members of the West African regional bloc ECOWAS, it added. In 2022, a UN Security Council resolution co-sponsored by Ghana and Norway was issued to condemn the spike in piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. A study published in 2021 by the Stable Seas research institute found that pirate groups, mostly in the Niger Delta, can earn around $5 million per year through theft and hostage-taking. That same year, a Danish naval patrol killed four pirates in an exchange of fire off the coast of Nigeria.
