The number of raids and kidnappings has fallen - though maritime officials have warned that the risk is still, underlined by two attempted attacks last month.
The EU said it would extend the EUNAVFOR Somalia Operation Atalanta until the end of 2018, allowing it to keep guarding UN aid deliveries.
NATO said last week it had ended its own mission off the Horn of Africa.
EU to keep patrolling for Somali pirates until end of 2018
29 November 2016
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The EU’s naval mission will keep patrolling for pirates off the coast of Somalia for another two years, to guard against any resurgence of attacks, the bloc said on Monday.
