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Return of pirates: Shipping firms raise fear of attacks

Seafarers union of Kenya women leader Janet Jawambe and her Secretary General Andrew Mwangura. [Omondi Onyango/Standard]

Maritime stakeholders have warned of pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia, warning that they would hamper sea trade along the western Indian Ocean rim, including Mombasa.

Andrew Mwangura, a former secretary general of the Seafarers’ Union of Kenya, said on November 6, 2025, a Maltese-flagged tanker, Hellas Aphrodite, was attacked by the pirates.

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