David Axe - Africa is Boring: December 2008 Archives

The Pirate-Kenya Connection

on December 22, 2008 10:42 AM | 0

Mombasa, southern Kenya's sweltering port town is, in many ways, the center of gravity of the piracy war. While pirates themselves are based mostly in northern Somalia, hundreds of miles from here, the repercussions of piracy -- and many......more

The Pirate Panic Button

on December 17, 2008 11:46 AM | 0

The ships that make the two-day run from Mombasa, Kenya, to Somalia carrying vital humanitarian supplies are frequent targets of pirate attacks -- and have been for more than a decade. How have ship's crew adapted? Same way the......more

Unemployed, by Pirates

on December 16, 2008 7:41 PM | 0

Kennedy Mwale, 32, pictured, is a freelance tour guide in Mombasa's old port, a claustrophobic melange of Arab and Portuguese architecture with one small stone pier. A week ago Monday, three small cargo ships were tied to the pier.......more