The world's most utterly failed state*
The average ransom has tripled since 2007, as has the number of ships taken. Some $100m may have been paid to pirates this year. By comparison, the United Nations Development Programme’s annual budget for Somalia is $14m.
“Somalia is a victim of its political, business and military elite,” says Mr Ould Abdullah. “They’ve taken the country hostage.”
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