Poverty and conflict causes piracy, says rapper K'naan
Sending warships to tackle Somali pirates is "reactionary", says rapper and recording artist K’Naan, who is originally from Mogadishu, but now living in Canada. He’s been following the ongoing problem with piracy off the coast of Somalia and is angry at the west's response.
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The main cause of this piracy is the West's systematic industrial fishing in Somali waters as well as dumping toxic waste in those waters, thus destroying Somali fishermen's livelihoods and adding to the already endemic poverty in Somalia.
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- Vierotchka
- 5 months ago
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True , look at history .
