In the first American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson declared to a “candid world” that “when in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another…, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.” That revolution was against King George III. More on Best Hope of Earth

Millions have fled their homes in terror; a raped 13-year-old has been stoned to death for ‘adultery’; aid workers have been murdered by Islamist militias. While the world’s attention is on the pirates off its coast, the failed African state is being ripped apart by violence.

Piracy is most lucrative business in many parts of Somalia including "Puntland" and Central Regions. Piracy attracted many jobless and poor Somalis, because piracy is very big and easy money. Millions of dollars were paid to the Somali pirates from "Puntland", which is much more than national budget. More on Somaliland Navy: The Only Way To Stop Somali Piracy

Somalia, a genuine failed state, ranks alongside Sudan as the world’s most conspicuous candidate for American attention in the early days of Barack Obama’s administration

You know, our problem is not piracy. It is illegal dumping.

These problems have been going for sometime and the world knows about it. The Americans have been here in the region for a long time now – they know about the pollution.

Instead, no, the world is only talking about the pirates and the money involved.

NAIROBI, Kenya, 22 Nov. 2008 (AP)– The U.N., African Union and Arab nations struggled to respond Thursday to a surge of pirate attacks, authorizing sanctions and calling for international peacekeepers to address the chaos in Somalia that has spawned an upsurge in sea banditry. More on World struggles to take on plague of Somali piracy

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – – Today’s pirates are mainly fighters for Somalia’s many warlord factions, who have fought each other for control of the country since the collapse of the Siad Barre government in 1991. More on Who are Somalia’s pirates?

The International Crisis Group (ICG) is expressing frustration with the government of Puntland in Somalia after its lead investigator was thrown out of the country Thursday. Customs officials at the Somali airport repatriated ICG official Rashid Abdi, claiming previous reports on Somalia by the Crisis Group have always been negative. Abdi was in the country to ascertain the current situation after an escalation of piracy in the region. Heavily armed Somali men from the chaotic coastal waters grabbed world headlines with Saturday’s capture of a huge Saudi Arabian supertanker. It was loaded with $100 million worth of oil, and the event is being considered the biggest ship hijacking in history. Rashid Abdi tells reporter Peter Clottey that he is shocked by the decision of the authorities in Puntland to throw him out of the country. More on Crisis Group Claims Frustration from Authorities in Puntland, Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- At least 15 people were killed Friday when insurgents attacked the Somali capital city of Mogadishu, officials and witnesses said.  More on 15 die in Somalia insurgent attack

The rising number of hijackings of commercial ships by Somali pirate is likely to paralyse maritime business in East Africa, industry players have warned. They voiced their concerns only days after a Liberia-flagged oil supertanker, Sirius Star, was captured at the weekend in the Gulf of Aden. More on Stability in Somalia the only way to end pirate attacks in troubled region