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Abshir Boyah
Abshir Abdillahi, known as "Boyah" is a Somali pirate. History He is a resident of Garowe Puntland and was originally an artisanal lobster diver in Eyl until 1994. However, from 1991 when the Somali Democratic Republic under Mohamed Siad Barre collapsed, civil war broke out, and the already weak Somali coastguard was disbanded, foreign fleets, mostly Chinese, Taiwanese and Korean ships increasingly moved into the longest coastline in continental Africa, at 3,333 kilometres and now suddenly unprotected. These large fleets drag fished and exhausted the lobster population, as well as depleting other fish species, depriving locals of their livelihoods, including Boyah. As a result, they grouped together to retaliate. Between 1995 and 1997, Boyah and other pirates captured three foreign fishing vessels, keeping the catch and ransoming the crew. The foreign fishermen consequently took protective measures, whereupon Boyah and his men began to target more vulnerable and slow- moving com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
