UN Somali Pirate Map

by Christopher Albon on March 31, 2008

My favorite United Nations entity, UNOSAT, impresses us again. This time they have a great map of pirate and hijacking activity off the Somali coast from January to December 2007. Click any image to view the full map.

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Christopher Albon is a Ph.D. candidate specializing in armed conflict, public health, human security, and health diplomacy. Christopher could talk about them forever. He lives in San Francisco with his wife Jen.

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{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Jim Boyd December 7, 2008 at 9:39 am

I have a method for dealing with the pirates:

http://www.cooljim.com

2 jim heinis April 10, 2009 at 12:57 pm

The convoy system may prove useful. I am sure it has been discussed.

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