After several years with no hijackings and attacks on commercial vessels off the coast of Somalia and the Horn of Africa, the criminal activities could resurface in 2016, warns US-based security and consulting IHS according to Bloomberg.
The reason for this stems from new political unrest in the region where there are signs that the groups which - supported by local politicians - were able to hijack commercial vessels in the years 2005 to 2012, while also enjoying a degree of peace allowing them to negotiate ransoms, seem to be resurfacing in Somalia's so-called Galmudug region.
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