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Ransoming in Contemporary Northeast Africa: Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia

Awet T. Weldemichael
African Economic History, January 2014, 42 (1) 215-237; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/aeh.42.1.215
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African Economic History: 42 (1)
African Economic History
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3 Jan 2014
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    • Introduction
    • Minding the Inauspicious Victim-Beneficiary Binary
    • The Process and Some of the Actors in Ransom Negotiations
    • (Ab)use of Ransom Proceeds and its Consequences
    • Excessive Consumption of Alcohol and Khat41
    • Collapse of the Fishing Sector
    • Inflation and Price Hikes
    • Massive Pirate Borrowing on High Interest Rates
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