'Somalia needs governance': News24: Africa: News: "Kuala Lumpur - A top US commander says piracy in Somalia can only be defeated if the international community helps restore governance in the lawless African country.
Admiral Robert Willard, chief of the US Pacific Command, says navy patrols alone cannot stop hijacking of ships if pirates' bases onshore are allowed to operate without interference.
He says the international community has to 'help Somalia recover from being the ungoverned state that it is' to tackle the root problem of piracy.
Decades of conflict in Somalia have allowed piracy to flourish. Pirates are becoming more violent in recent months, killing four American hostages this year while US Navy warships were shadowing the hijacked yacht, the first time pirates had done that."
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