Pirates hijack ship with 21 Americans aboard off Somalia

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I could have sworn Time Magazine named Somalia the worst country in the world not to long ago.

Well at least this website says it's one of the worst:
World’s Top 10 Worst Countries to Visit | Trifter

Remember the movie by Ridley Scott, Black Hawk Down? It is a movie that bought the ugly conflict in Somalia for mainstream viewing. It is also good to mention that they have no central government and that has been happening since 1991. Somalia is a nice country but if you are planning to travel there, I suggest that you hire your own heavily armed guards. Daily rates for the guards vary from a couple of hundred bucks or several hundred bucks, depending on whom you hire. Failure to do so, may result in death.

This is horrible: