The vessel was intercepted off the coast of the Qaw area in the Bari region, the easternmost point of the Horn of Africa, about 1,600km northeast of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Puntland is one ...

"Their mobile special forces have been the pointed end of the spear," said Samira Gaid, a Horn of Africa security analyst. "For the moment, it appears that the Puntland forces are committed and ...